Berkeley Quality Software
BQS

    (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)