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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Berkeley Quality Software
       
           (Often abbreviated "BQS") Term used in a pejorative
          sense to refer to software that was apparently created by
          rather spaced-out hackers late at night to solve some unique
          problem.  It usually has nonexistent, incomplete, or incorrect
          documentation, has been tested on at least two examples, and
          core dumps when anyone else attempts to use it.  This term was
          frequently applied to early versions of the "dbx(1)" debugger.
       
          See also Berzerkeley.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1996-01-15)

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  Berkeley Quality Software adj. (often abbreviated `BQS') Term used in a
     pejorative sense to refer to software that was apparently created by
     rather spaced-out hackers late at night to solve some unique problem. It
     usually has nonexistent, incomplete, or incorrect documentation, has
     been tested on at least two examples, and core dumps when anyone else
     attempts to use it. This term was frequently applied to early versions
     of the `dbx(1)' debugger. See also Berzerkeley.
  
     Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not
     /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation.

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