tecromancy

Definition

The dark art of resurrecting obsolete technology from the digital graveyard and making it do things it was never meant to do. Part technical wizardry, part stubborn refusal to accept planned obsolescence. Practitioners are those mad scientists who get Doom running on pregnancy tests and convince Windows Vista it still has a purpose.

Example Usage

Through pure tecromancy, my coworker got our 2005 server to run the new database software—I think he used a blood sacrifice.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tecromancy&defid=16150375)

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