Microsloth Windows
/mi:'kroh-sloth" win"dohz/ (Or
"Windoze", /win'dohz/) A derogatory term for {Microsoft
Windows} which is so limited by bug-for-bug compatibility with
{mess-dos} that it is agonisingly slow on anything less than a
fast {486}. Also called just "Windoze", with the implication
that you can fall asleep waiting for it to do anything; the
latter term is extremely common on {Usenet}.
Compare {X}, {sun-stools}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-10-08)