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    adj. Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly {bum}med, but sometimes... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    Wizard Book

    n. Hal Abelson and Jerry Sussman's `Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs' (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1, an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.