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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cup holder</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cube.html" title="cube"/><link rel="next" href="cursor-dipped-in-X.html" title="cursor dipped in X"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cup holder</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cube.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cursor-dipped-in-X.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cup-holder"/><dt xmlns="" id="cup-holder"><b>cup holder</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The tray of a CD-ROM drive, or by extension the CD drive itself. So
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called because of a common tech support legend about the idiot who called
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to complain that the cup holder on his computer broke. A joke program was
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once distributed around the net called “<span class="quote">cupholder.exe</span>”, which
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when run simply extended the CD drive tray. The humor of this was of course
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lost on people whose drive had a slot or a caddy instead.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cube.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cursor-dipped-in-X.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cube </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cursor dipped in X</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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