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  • MS-DOS
    /M-S-dos/ [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] n. A {clone} of {{CP/M}} for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by hacker Tim Paterson, who is... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


    •  View Definition: winged comments 

    winged comments

    n. Comments set on the same line as code, as opposed to boxed comments. In C, for example

    d = sqrt(x*x + y*y); /* distance from origin */

    Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that line.