virtual shredder
The jargon equivalent of the bit bucket at shops using IBM's VM/CMS operating
system. VM/CMS officially supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers,
virtual printers, and other phantom devices; these are used to supply some of
the same capabilities Unix gets from pipes and I/O redirection.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-30)
Nearby terms:
Virtual Reality Modeling Language « Virtual
Sequential Access Method « virtual server «
virtual shredder » Virtual Software Factory »
Virtual Storage Access Method » Virtual Storage
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