NveNtioN> (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 KbaudPEP mode with oN-the-flyLempel-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)
