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Geef V. [ostensibly From `gefingerpoken'] Vt. Syn. Mung. See Also Blinkenlights.
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geef v.
[ostensibly from `gefingerpoken']
vt. Syn. mung. See also blinkenlights.
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geef v. [ostensibly from `gefingerpoken'] vt. Syn. mung. See also blinkenlights.
blinkenlights /blink'*n-li:tz/ n. [common] Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, esp.
a dinosaur. Now that dinosaurs are rare, this term usually refers to status lights on a modem, network hub, or the like....
pound on vt. Syn. bang on.
die v. Syn. crash. Unlike crash, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
See also go flatline, casters-up mode....
die: v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Purple Book: n. 1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender....
braino /bray'no/ n. Syn. for thinko. See also brain fart.
mung /muhng/ vt. [in 1960 at MIT, `Mash Until No Good'
sometime after that the derivation from the recursive acronym `Mung Until No Good' became standard...
mung: /muhng/ [in 1960 at MIT, `Mash Until No Good'
ometime after that the derivation from the {{recursive acronym}} `Mung Until No Good' became standard] vt....