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    n. After-sale handholding; something many software vendors promise but few deliver. To hackers, most support people are useless --- because by the time... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    marketroid

    /mar'k*-troyd/ alt. `marketing slime', `marketing droid', `marketeer' n. A member of a company's marketing department, esp. one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory. Compare droid.