The DICT Development Group

  condom
       n : contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex
           sheath worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: rubber,
            safety, safe, prophylactic]

  condom n. 1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch
     microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes.
     Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes
     the practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure
     rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk -- and can even
     fatally frustrate insertion. 2. The protective cladding on a light
     pipe. 3. `keyboard condom': A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a
     keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and
     programming fluid without impeding typing. 4. `elephant condom': the
     plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in
     transit. 5. n. obs. A dummy directory `/usr/tmp/sh', created to foil the
     Great Worm by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So
     named in the title of a comp.risks article by Gene Spafford during the
     Worm crisis, and again in the text of "The Internet Worm Program: An
     Analysis", Purdue Technical Report CSD-TR-823.
  
  

  condom
       
          1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch
          microfloppy diskettes.  Rarely, also used of (paper) disk
          envelopes.  Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when
          left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also
          been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms
          attempt to access the disk - and can even fatally frustrate
          insertion.
       
          2. The protective cladding on a light pipe.
       
          3. "keyboard condom": A flexible, transparent plastic cover
          for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against
          dust and programming fluid without impeding typing.
       
          4. "elephant condom": the plastic shipping bags used inside
          cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-03-14)