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New Hacker's Dictionary the Jargon File v 4.4.6
1. As a disease of people: the tendency of inexperienced (or Windows-experienced) Web developers have to use backslashes in URLs, rather than the correct forward slashes.
2. As a disease of programs: to be a rigid, clunky, bug-prone monstrosity, all glossy surface with a hollow interior.