New Jersey

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from 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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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}.

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