microwave

n 1: a very short electromagnetic wave

2: an appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic

wave through it [syn: {microwave oven}]

v : cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the

left-overs" [syn: {micro-cook}, {zap}, {nuke}]

microtape

/mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean

a {DECtape}, as opposed to a {macrotape}.

Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term

used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word

"DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the

{marketroid}s. Another version of the story holds that

someone discovered a conflict with another company's

"microtape" trademark.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-03-16)