virtual shredder The jargon equivalent of the {bit bucket} at shops using {IBM}'s {VM/CMS} {operating system}. VM/CMS officially supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers, virtual printers, and other phantom devices; these are used to supply some of the same capabilities {Unix} gets from {pipe}s and {I/O redirection}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-30)