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  • double DECkers
    n. Used to describe married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.


    •  View Definition: Vulcan nerve pinch 

    Vulcan nerve pinch

    n. [from the old "Star Trek" TV series via Commodore Amiga hackers] The keyboard combination that forces a soft-boot or jump to ROM monitor (on machines that support such a feature). On many micros this is Ctrl-Alt-Del; on Suns, L1-A; on some Macintoshes, it is -! Also called three-finger salute. Compare quadruple bucky.