meaning of depeditated
1. depeditate /dee-ped*-tayt/ [by faulty analogy with "decapitate"] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated. [Jargon File] dependability See software reliability. dependable software See software reliability. deprecated Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent and in the process of being phased out, usually in favour of a specified replacement. Deprecated features can, unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears with distressing frequency in standards documents when the committees writing the documents realise that large amounts of extant and presumably happily working code depend on the features that have passed out of favour. See also dusty deck. [Jargon File]
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