Navigation Random Term hexit /hek'sit/ n. A hexadecimal digit (0--9, and A--F or a--f).
Used by people who claim that there are only *ten* digits,
dammit; sixteen-fingered human... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION
Miscellaneous Hacker Terms
peek n.,vt. (and {poke}) The commands in most microcomputer
BASICs for directly accessing memory contents at an absolute
address; often extended to mean the corresponding...FULL DEFINITION offline adv. Not now or not here. "Let's take this
discussion offline." Specifically used on {USENET} to suggest
that a discussion be taken...FULL DEFINITION can't happen The traditional program comment for code executed
under a condition that should never be true, for example a file
size computed as negative. ...FULL DEFINITION orphaned i-node /or'f*nd i'nohd/ [UNIX] n. 1. [techspeak] A
file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories
of a filesystem. 2. By...FULL DEFINITION bogosity /boh-go's*-tee/ n. 1. The degree to which something is
{bogus}. At CMU, bogosity is measured with a {bogometer}; in
a seminar, when a...FULL DEFINITION LISP [from `LISt Processing language', but mythically from
`Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses'] n. The name of AI's
mother tongue, a language based on the...FULL DEFINITION spooge /spooj/ 1. n. Inexplicable or arcane code, or random
and probably incorrect output from a computer program. 2. vi. To
generate spooge (sense...FULL DEFINITION monstrosity 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or
system, esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional.
2. The quality of being monstrous (see...FULL DEFINITION
