Steam-powered

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steam-powered
       adj : powered by a steam engine; "a steam-powered locomotive"

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  steam-powered adj. Old-fashioned or underpowered; archaic. This term


     does not have a strong negative loading and may even be used
     semi-affectionately for something that clanks and wheezes a lot but
     hangs in there doing the job.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  steam-powered
       
          Old-fashioned or underpowered; archaic.  This term does not
          have a strong negative loading and may even be used
          semi-affectionately for something that clanks and wheezes a
          lot but hangs in there doing the job.
       
          [{Jargon File}]