new jersey

3 definitions found

new jersey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  New Jersey
      n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original
           13 colonies [syn: New Jersey, Jersey, Garden State,
           NJ]
      2: one of the British colonies that formed the United States

new jersey - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  New Jersey
  
     [Primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor
     design.  This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such
     software as C, C++ and Unix (which originated at Bell Labs
      in Murray Hill, New Jersey).  "This compiler bites the
     bag, but what can you expect from a compiler designed in New
     Jersey?"  Compare Berkeley Quality Software.  See also Unix conspiracy
     .
  

new jersey - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  New Jersey
   adj.
  
     [primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor design.
     This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such software as C,
     C++, and Unix (which originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New
     Jersey). "This compiler bites the bag, but what can you expect from a
     compiler designed in New Jersey?" Compare Berkeley Quality  Software
  .
     See also Unix conspiracy.