crapplet

<web, abuse>

A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"

Last updated: 1997-03-30

CrApTeX

/krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. troff) and because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files.

See religious issues.

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Last updated: 1994-12-01

Nearby terms:

cracking ♦ crack root ♦ crank ♦ crapplet ♦ CrApTeX ♦ crash ♦ crash and burn

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