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  • DEChead
    /dek'hed/ n. 1. A DEC {field servoid}. Not flattering. 2. [from `deadhead'] A Grateful Dead fan working at DEC.


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  • hang
    v. 1. To wait for an event that will never occur. "The system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive". ...FULL DEFINITION

  • snail
    vt. To {snail-mail} something. "Snail me a copy of those graphics, will you?"

  • zip
    [primarily MS-DOS] vt. To create a compressed archive from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is...FULL DEFINITION

  • brute force
    adj. Describes a primitive programming style, one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own...FULL DEFINITION

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  • /dev/null
    /dev-nuhl/ [from the UNIX null device, used as a data sink] n. A notional `black hole' in any information space being discussed, used, or...FULL DEFINITION

  • flap
    vt. 1. To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap...). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk...FULL DEFINITION

  • trash
    vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure). The most common of the family of near-synonyms including {mung}, {mangle}, and {scribble}.

  • crawling horror
    n. Ancient crufty hardware or software that is kept obstinately alive by forces beyond the control of the hackers at a site. Like...FULL DEFINITION