On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Ward, Mike S <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why is it called a memory leak? I think that's a distributed term. We
> used to call it something else on the mainframe, but I can't remember
> what.
>

Core cancer?

Hmm, in a few years this list will mainly consist of folks asking for the
meaning of terms they've forgotten! (Not zingin' ya, I did it yesterday ...)

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