English Explanatory Dictionary

Zawinski's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The wry observation that "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can."

Word forms

Zawinski's law

Etymology

Attributed to American computer programmer Jamie Zawinski.

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