Weeds

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weeds
       n 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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]