 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
weeds
noun
1: a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of
mourning [syn: {widow's weeds}]
2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of
mourning [syn: {mourning band}]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
weeds n.
1. Refers to development projects or algorithms that have no
possible relevance or practical application. Comes from 'off in the
weeds'. Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for microcode is serious
weeds...." 2. At CDC/ETA before its demise, the phrase 'go off in the
weeds' was equivalent mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never
land}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
weeds
1. Refers to development projects or {algorithm}s that have no
possible relevance or practical application. Comes from "off
in the weeds". Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for
{microcode} is serious weeds."
2. At {CDC}/{ETA} before its demise, the phrase "go off in the
weeds" was equivalent to {IBM}'s {branch to Fishkill} and
mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never land}.
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