Meaning of all elbows | Babel Free
Definitions
of a program that steals whatever resources it needs without consideration for other tasks.
dated, not-comparable
Examples
“Multicom goes beyond lame. It's about the worst example of an 'all elbows' 1984 vintage DOS program that I've seen in a long time. Yuk!”
“It /will/ nuke NT's loader, but that's because NT is all elbows when it comes to booting.”
“Amen, even more than most games poor `all elbows' behavior, modern games are generally boring to the extreme.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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