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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>lossage</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="loss.html" title="loss"/><link rel="next" href="lossy.html" title="lossy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">lossage</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="loss.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="lossy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="lossage"/><dt xmlns="" id="lossage"><b>lossage</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/los'@j/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common] The result of a bug or malfunction. This is a mass or
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collective noun. “<span class="quote">What a loss!</span>” and “<span class="quote">What
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lossage!</span>” are nearly synonymous. The former is slightly more
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particular to the speaker's present circumstances; the latter implies a
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continuing <a href="lose.html"><i class="glossterm">lose</i></a> of which the speaker is currently a
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victim. Thus (for example) a temporary hardware failure is a loss, but
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bugs in an important tool (like a compiler) are serious lossage.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="loss.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="lossy.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">loss </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> lossy</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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