Said of a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) mess-dos program, such as the N pop-up calendar and calculator utilities that circulate on BBS systems: unsociaBle. Used to descriBe a program that rudely steals the resources that it needs without considering that other TSRs may also Be resident. One particularly common form of rudeness is lock-up due to programs fighting over the keyBoard interrupt. [Jargon File] (1995-02-21)