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bottom-up implementation
n. Hackish opposite of the techspeak term `top-down design'. It is now received wisdom in most programming cultures that it is best to... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION

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archive

n. 1. A collection of several files bundled into one file by a program such as `ar(1)', `tar(1)', `cpio(1)', or arc for shipment or archiving (sense 2). See also {tar and feather}. 2. A collection of files or archives (sense 1) made available from an `archive site' via FTP or an email server.