WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

condom
    n 1: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber
         or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
         [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]

The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

condom
 n.

    1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy
    diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write
    protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of 
    SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure rate as drive
    mechanisms attempt to access the disk ? and can even fatally frustrate
    insertion.

    2. The protective cladding on a light pipe.

    3. keyboard condom: A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard,
    designed to provide some protection against dust and programming fluid
    without impeding typing.

    4. elephant condom: the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes
    to protect hardware in transit.

    5. n. obs. A dummy directory /usr/tmp/sh, created to foil the Great Worm
    by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So named in the title
    of a comp.risks article by Gene Spafford during the Worm crisis, and again
    in the text of The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis, Purdue Technical
    Report CSD-TR-823.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

condom

    1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch
   microfloppy diskettes.  Rarely, also used of (paper) disk
   envelopes.  Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left
   on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also been shown
   to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access
   the disk - and can even fatally frustrate insertion.

   2. The protective cladding on a light pipe.

   3. "keyboard condom": A flexible, transparent plastic cover
   for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against
   dust and programming fluid without impeding typing.

   4. "elephant condom": the plastic shipping bags used inside
   cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit.

   [Jargon File]

   (1995-03-14)