haste

n 1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon

regretted his haste" [syn: {hastiness}, {hurry}, {hurriedness}]

2: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in

his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: {hurry}, {rush},

{rushing}]

3: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a

hurry to lock the door" [syn: {hurry}]

hamster

1. ({Fairchild}) A particularly slick little piece of code

that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The

image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel.

2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a

receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable.

3. (UK) Any item of hardware made by {Amstrad}, a company

famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-02-16)