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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>golden</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="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="Godzillagram.html" title="Godzillagram"/><link rel="next" href="golf-ball-printer.html" title="golf-ball printer"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">golden</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Godzillagram.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="golf-ball-printer.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="golden"/><dt xmlns="" id="golden"><b>golden</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [prob.: from folklore's ‘golden egg’] When used to
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describe a magnetic medium (e.g., <span class="firstterm">golden
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disk</span>, <span class="firstterm">golden tape</span>),
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describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software
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version. Compare <a href="../P/platinum-iridium.html"><i class="glossterm">platinum-iridium</i></a>. One may also
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“<span class="quote">go gold</span>”, which is the act of releasing a golden version.
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The gold color of many CDROMs is a coincidence; this term was well
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established a decade before CDROM distribution become common in the
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