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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Berkeley Quality Software</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="benchmark.html" title="benchmark"/><link rel="next" href="Berzerkeley.html" title="Berzerkeley"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Berkeley Quality Software</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="benchmark.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Berzerkeley.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Berkeley-Quality-Software"/><dt xmlns="" id="Berkeley-Quality-Software"><b>Berkeley Quality Software</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (often abbreviated “<span class="quote">BQS</span>”) Term used in a pejorative
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sense to refer to software that was apparently created by rather spaced-out
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hackers late at night to solve some unique problem. It usually has
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nonexistent, incomplete, or incorrect documentation, has been tested on at
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least two examples, and core dumps when anyone else attempts to use it.
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This term was frequently applied to early versions of the
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debugger. See also <a href="Berzerkeley.html"><i class="glossterm">Berzerkeley</i></a>.</p><p>Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's <span class="pronunciation">/berk<72>lee/</span>, not <span class="pronunciation">/bark<72>lee/</span> as in British Received
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Pronunciation.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="benchmark.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Berzerkeley.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">benchmark<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Berzerkeley</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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