Editing Cruft (section)

==Computer hardware==
Cruft may also refer to unused and out-of-date computer paraphernalia, collected through upgrading, inheritance, or simple acquisition, both deliberate and through circumstance.<ref name="jargon-crufty">{{cite web | url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/crufty.html | title=crufty | work=The Jargon File, version 4.4.7}}</ref> This accumulated hardware, however, often has benefit when IT systems administrators, technicians, and the like have need for critical replacement parts. An unused machine or component similar to a production unit could allow near-immediate restoration of the failed unit, as opposed to waiting for a shipped replacement.