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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>live</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="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="little-endian.html" title="little-endian"/><link rel="next" href="live-data.html" title="live data"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">live</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="little-endian.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="live-data.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="live"/><dt xmlns="" id="live"><b>live</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/li:v/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.,adv.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Opposite of ‘test’. Refers to actual
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real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response to
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“<span class="quote">I think the record deleter is finished</span>” might be “<span class="quote">Is it
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live yet?</span>” or “<span class="quote">Have you tried it out on live data?</span>”
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This usage usually carries the connotation that live data is more fragile
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and must not be corrupted, or bad things will happen. So a more
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appropriate response might be: “<span class="quote">Well, make sure it works perfectly
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before we throw live data at it.</span>” The implication here is that
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record deletion is something pretty significant, and a haywire
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record-deleter running amok live would probably cause great harm.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="little-endian.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="live-data.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">little-endian </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> live data</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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