Navigation Random Term doorstop n. Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and
halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept
around for political reasons or ostensibly... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION
Miscellaneous Hacker Terms
huff v. To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs
that use such methods have been called `HUFF' or some variant
thereof. ...FULL DEFINITION splat n. 1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for
the asterisk (`*') character (ASCII 0101010). This may derive
from the...FULL DEFINITION lord high fixer [primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan's
`lord high executioner'] n. The person in an organization who knows
the most about some aspect of a...FULL DEFINITION forked [UNIX; prob. influenced by a mainstream expletive] adj.
Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system was slowed to
a snail's pace by...FULL DEFINITION gorp /gorp/ [CMU perhaps from the canonical hiker's food, Good
Old Raisins and Peanuts] Another {metasyntactic variable}, like
{foo} and {bar}. drugged adj. (also `on drugs') 1. Conspicuously stupid,
heading toward {brain-damaged}. Often accompanied by a
pantomime of toking a joint (but see {appendix B})....FULL DEFINITION net.god /net god/ n. Used to refer to anyone who satisfies some
combination of the following conditions has been visible on USENET
for more than...FULL DEFINITION XXX /X-X-X/ n. A marker that attention is needed.
Commonly used in program comments to indicate areas that are kluged
up or need to be....FULL DEFINITION
