doorstop
Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain
so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or
ostensibly as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will
turn into a doorstop."
Compare boat anchor.
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