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scrap [a]
 
1)disposed of as useless; "waste paper"
    Synonyms :cast-off discarded junked waste 
    See Also: useless 
 
scrap [n]
 
1)a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
    Synonyms :bit chip flake fleck 
    See Also: fragment  flake  chip  break_away  break_off  matchwood  exfoliation  scurf  flinders 
 
2)worthless material that is to be disposed of
    Synonyms :rubbish trash 
    See Also: waste  junk  scrap_metal  debris  litter 
 
3)a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: piece 
 
4)the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
    Synonyms :combat fight fighting 
    See Also: battle  altercate  battle  fight  gunfight  brush  dogfight  fencing  in-fighting  set-to  impact  dogfingt  affaire_d'honneur  blow  fistfight  banging  beating  affray  brawl  cut-and-thrust  gang_fight 
 
scrap [v]
 
1)dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
    Synonyms :junk trash 
    See Also: cast_aside  rubbish  debris 
 
2)have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something"
    Synonyms :altercate argufy dispute quarrel 
    See Also: argue  combat  battler  contravention  conflict  arguing  debate  controversialist  dustup  quarreler  brawl  spat  polemicise  fall_out 
 
3)make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: convert 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

Something written at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa in the late 1970s. It ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer computers and was in use until the late 1980s.

[But what was it?]

(1994-12-15)








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