salve

n 1: used for healing or soothing [syn: {ointment}, {unguent}, {balm}]

2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a

salve for his conscience"

v 1: save from ruin or destruction [syn: {salvage}, {relieve}, {save}]

2: apply a salve to

SAVE

An {assembler} for the {Burroughs 220} by Melvin Conway (see

{Conway's Law}). The name "SAVE" didn't stand for anything,

it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings

because they all had SAVE written on them.

(1995-01-16)