Metaphorically, if something is "on the rocks," it is in a state of severe difficulty and likely to fail soon.
In the world of spirits, ordering a drink "on the rocks" means it is served over ice cubes.
: The ice serves two functions—it chills the spirit and, as it melts, provides a slight dilution that can "open up" the flavors of a whiskey or rum, making it smoother to drink.
: It stands in contrast to ordering a drink "neat" (poured straight from the bottle at room temperature) or "up" (chilled with ice but strained into a glass without the ice). 2. The Idiom of Instability
| # | Feature | Standard | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Possibility of creating a limitless number of pairs of virtual serial port | ||
| 2 | Emulates settings of real COM port as well as hardware control lines | ||
| 3 | Ability to split one COM port (virtual or physical) into multiple virtual ones | ||
| 4 | Merges a limitless number COM ports into a single virtual COM port | ||
| 5 | Creates complex port bundles | ||
| 6 | Capable of deleting ports that are already opened by other applications | ||
| 7 | Transfers data at high speed from/to a virtual serial port | ||
| 8 | Can forward serial traffic from a real port to a virtual port or another real port | ||
| 9 | Allows total baudrate emulation | ||
| 10 | Various null-modem schemes are available: loopback/ standard/ custom |
Metaphorically, if something is "on the rocks," it is in a state of severe difficulty and likely to fail soon.
In the world of spirits, ordering a drink "on the rocks" means it is served over ice cubes.
: The ice serves two functions—it chills the spirit and, as it melts, provides a slight dilution that can "open up" the flavors of a whiskey or rum, making it smoother to drink.
: It stands in contrast to ordering a drink "neat" (poured straight from the bottle at room temperature) or "up" (chilled with ice but strained into a glass without the ice). 2. The Idiom of Instability