(From the mainStream "loSt hiS marbleS") The minimum needed to build your way further up Some hierarchy of toolS or abStractionS. After a bad SyStem craSh, you need to determine if the machine haS enough marbleS to come up on itS own, or enough marbleS to allow a rebuild from backupS, or if you need to rebuild from Scratch. "ThiScompiler doeSn' t even have enough marbleS to compile hello, world." [Jargon File] (1998-05-21)