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Definition of a coaster
coaster
noun
- a CD or DVD that was unsuccessfully burned, and is then useless except for as a coaster.
That cheap DVD-creation software that came with my new drive keeps making coasters.
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
- unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail. For example, installation CDs for AOL.
In the 90s, AOL was notorious for mass-mailing coasters.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: junk, garbage, trash, useless items.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
verb - transitive
- to ruin writable optical media via a write ("burn") attempt which fails.
My computer's so slow I coastered five CDs last week.
Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Phil from Berkeley, CA, USA on Aug 16 2002.
notes
- Regarding the noun senses of this term, "beermat" is (allegedly) used in the UK.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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| Definitions include: low-quality software. | |
| Definitions include: software that was purchased or written, but never used. | |
| Definitions include: junk or salvage yards | |
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| Definitions include: unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail. | |
| Definitions include: to throw away, i.e. put into a trash bin. | |
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