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Re:Post-mortem on New Relic's Move to Ruby 1.9 by jemka on Thursday October 25, 2012 @10:33AM (#4697772)
Not just "something", but something that has "died" or ceases to exist in its prior form and the "postmortem" is generally the detailed analysis of what happened.

Also, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmortem

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Re:Post-mortem on New Relic's Move to Ruby 1.9 by Argorak on Thursday October 25, 2012 @10:54AM (#4697846)
The second definition given does not refer to "death" at all and is commonly used in science and business contexts. It usually refers to the project (or the "event") being over at the point of discussion.

The term is overloaded nowadays, as can be seen on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_%28disambiguation%2...

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Re:Post-mortem on New Relic's Move to Ruby 1.9 by vampirechicken on Thursday October 25, 2012 @10:52AM (#4697838)
Now it typically connotes a post-event review using the metaphor of the autopsy.
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