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TSR

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noun

TSRs, plural TSR's plural
  1. a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.


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Etymology

Origin of TSR

t(erminate and) s(tay) r(esident)

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Nearly two decades ago, Ruohonen became a partner at TSR Injury Law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

She spent years doing freelance art and design work for RPG publishers before she began working for TSR full time in the 1990s.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Worst of all, Riggs reports, TSR had used the copyrights of dozens of its works as collateral with the bank and Random House.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

“It founded a means for socially awkward people to socialize,” said early TSR employee and Dragon editor Tim Kask.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2015

Copies portions of itself into Video RAM and treats it as a TSR.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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