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  • drop-ins
    [prob. by analogy with {drop-outs}] n. Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


    •  View Definition: desk check 

    desk check

    n.,v. To grovel over hardcopy of source code, mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching bugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screen editing, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers --- though some maintain stoutly that it ought to be. Compare eyeball search, vdiff, vgrep.