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