[W/K] :: lossage

2 definitions for lossage

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :


  lossage /los'*j/ n. [very common] The result of a bug or malfunction.
     This is a mass or collective noun. "What a loss!" and "What lossage!"
     are nearly synonymous. The former is slightly more particular to the
     speaker's present circumstances; the latter implies a continuing lose
     of which the speaker is currently a victim. Thus (for example) a
     temporary hardware failure is a loss, but bugs in an important tool
     (like a compiler) are serious lossage.

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


  lossage
       
           /los'*j/ The result of a bug or malfunction.  This
          is a mass or collective noun.  "What a loss!" and "What
          lossage!"  are nearly synonymous.  The former is slightly more
          particular to the speaker's present circumstances; the latter
          implies a continuing lose of which the speaker is currently
          a victim.  Thus (for example) a temporary hardware failure is
          a loss, but bugs in an important tool (like a compiler) are
          serious lossage.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-04-19)

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