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    n. 1. In software, a misfeature that becomes understandable only in historical context, as a remnant of times past retained so as not to... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    molly-guard

    /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] n. A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of some plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalized to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.