scrap

adj : disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {discarded},

{junked}, {scrap(a)}, {waste}]

n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a

bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {chip},

{flake}, {fleck}]

2: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been

used or sold [syn: {end}, {remainder}, {remnant}, {oddment}]

v : dispose of; "trash these old chairs;"; "junk an old car"

[syn: {trash}, {junk}]

SCRAP

Something written at {CSIR}, Pretoria, South Africa in the

late 1970s. It ran on {Interdata} and {Perkin-Elmer}

computers and was in use until the late 1980s.

[But what was it?]

(1994-12-15)