virtual shredder
The jargon equivalent of the {bit bucket} at shops using
{IBM}'s {VM/CMS} {operating system}. VM/CMS officially
supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers, virtual
printers, and other phantom devices; these are used to supply
some of the same capabilities {Unix} gets from {pipe}s and
{I/O redirection}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-01-30)