same-day service

2 definitions found

same-day service - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  same-day service
  
     <humour, operating system> An ironic term used to describe
     long response time, particularly with respect to MS-DOS
     system calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of
     a second to execute).  Such response time is a major incentive
     for programmers to write programs that are not well-behaved.
  
     See also PC-ism.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-12-17)
  

same-day service - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  same-day service
   n.
  
     Ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with
     respect to MS-DOS and Windows system calls (which ought to require
     only a tiny fraction of a second to execute). Such response time is a
     major incentive for programmers to write programs that are not
     well-behaved.