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[techspeak] n. An inaccurate measure of computer performance. "In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lies lies, damn lies, and benchmarks."...
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ScumOS
n. Unflattering hackerism for SunOS, the UNIX variant supported on Sun Microsystems's UNIX workstations (see also
sun-stools
), and compare
AIDX
,
terminak
,
Macintrash
Nominal Semidestructor
,
Open DeathTrap
,
HP-SUX
. Despite what this term might suggest, Sun was founded by hackers and still enjoys excellent relations with hackerdom; usage is more often in exasperation than outright loathing.
