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Meaning of NEW JERSEY

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
  2. [n]  one of the British colonies that formed the United States
 
 Synonyms: Garden State, NJ
 
 See Also: American state, Atlantic City, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Bayonne, Camden, Cape May, capital of New Jersey, Colony, Delaware Bay, Jersy City, Mid-Atlantic states, Monmouth Court House, Morristown, New Brunswick, Newark, Paterson, Princeton, Trenton

 

 

Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

[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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