1. Bad Thing From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All That" Something that cant possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Opposite: Good Thing. British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing and probably therefore Right Thing and Wrong Thing come from the book referenced in the etymology, which discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the pond. [Jargon File] bag on the side An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? Thats just a bag on the side of C. " "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system. " BAL Basic Assembly Language balanced computing Matching computer tools to job activities so that the computer system structure parallels the organisation structure and work functions. Both personal computers and employees operate in a decentralised environment with monitoring of achievement of management objectives from centralised corporate systems. http://www. moultonco. com/balanced. htm.
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