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  • AIDS
    /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a {glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple), this condition is... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


  •  Miscellaneous Hacker Terms 
  • gedanken
    /g*-don'kn/ adj. Ungrounded; impractical; not well-thought-out; untried; untested. `Gedanken' is a German word for `thought'. A thought experiment is one you carry...FULL DEFINITION

  • generate
    vt. To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution...FULL DEFINITION

  • sucking mud
    [Applied Data Research] adj. (also `pumping mud') Crashed or wedged. Usually said of a machine that provides some service to a network, such...FULL DEFINITION

  • meltdown, network
    n. See {network meltdown}.

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  • dike
    vt. To remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a computer or a subroutine from a program. A standard slogan ...FULL DEFINITION

  • HLL
    /H-L-L/ n. [High-Level Language (as opposed to assembler)] Found primarily in email and news rather than speech. Rarely, the variants `VHLL' and `MLL'...FULL DEFINITION

  • poke
    n.,vt. See {peek}.

  • short card
    n. A half-length IBM PC expansion card or adapter that will fit in one of the two short slots located towards the right rear...FULL DEFINITION