Good Thing
<convention> (From the 1930 Sellar and Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised. 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "The Trailblazer's 19.2 Kbaud PEP mode with on-the-fly Lempel-Ziv compression is a Good Thing for sites relaying netnews". 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing". 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "Yacc is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Opposite: Bad Thing, compare big win. [Jargon File] (1995-05-07) | ||||
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Good thing Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Jargon File |
Good Thing
n.,adj. [very common; often capitalized; always pronounced as if capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "A language that manages dynamic memory automatically for you is a Good Thing." 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing." 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "YACC is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Oppose Bad Thing.
n.,adj. [very common; often capitalized; always pronounced as if capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "A language that manages dynamic memory automatically for you is a Good Thing." 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing." 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "YACC is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Oppose Bad Thing.
Good thing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Australian Slang |
Good thing
racehorse tipped to win
racehorse tipped to win
| hEnglish - advanced version |
good thing
good thing
(from the 1930 sellar and yeatman parody "1066 and all that") often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised.
1. self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "the trailblazer 's 19.2 kbaud pep mode with on-the-fly lempel-ziv compression is a good thing for sites relaying netnews".
2. something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a good thing".
3. when said of software tools or libraries, as in "yacc is a good thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load.
good thing
(from the 1930 sellar and yeatman parody "1066 and all that") often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised.
1. self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "the trailblazer 's 19.2 kbaud pep mode with on-the-fly lempel-ziv compression is a good thing for sites relaying netnews".
2. something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a good thing".
3. when said of software tools or libraries, as in "yacc is a good thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load.
Good thing Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries