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BIT DECAY [1 record]

Record 1 1999-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

Hypothetical disease the existence of which has been deduced from the observation that unused programs or features will often stop working after sufficient time has passed even if "nothing has changed."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Par analogie avec la maladie des plantes : pourriture de la carotte, de la vigne.

Spanish

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