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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>blue wire</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="Blue-Screen-of-Death.html" title="Blue Screen of Death"/><link rel="next" href="blurgle.html" title="blurgle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">blue wire</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Blue-Screen-of-Death.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="blurgle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="blue-wire"/><dt xmlns="" id="blue-wire"><b>blue wire</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IBM] Patch wires (esp. 30 AWG gauge) added to circuit boards at the
factory to correct design or fabrication problems. Blue wire is not
necessarily blue, the term describes function rather than color. These may
be necessary if there hasn't been time to design and qualify another board
version. In Great Britain this can be <span class="firstterm">bodge
wire</span>, after mainstream slang <span class="firstterm">bodge</span> for a clumsy improvisation or sloppy job
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