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Gobble Vt. 1. To Consume, Usu. Used With `up'.
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gobble vt.
1. To consume, usu. used with `up'. "The
output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer."
2. To obtain, usu. used with `down'. "I guess I'll gobble down
a copy of the documentation tomorrow." See also snarf.
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gobble: vt. 1. To consume, usu. used with `up'. "The output spy gobbles characters out of a {tty} output buffer.
2. To obtain, usu. used with `down'. "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow....
OS /O-S/ 1. [Operating System] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech.
2. n. obs. On ITS, an output spy. See "OS and JEDGAR" in Appendix A....
OS: /O-S/ 1. [{Operating System}] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech.
2. n.,obs. On ITS, an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}" (in {Appendix A})....
blit /blit/ vt. 1. [common] To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another pa
particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen....
glitch /glich/ [very common; from German `glitschig' to slip, via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1.
. A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function....
glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1.
. A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function....
blit: /blit/ vt. 1. To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another pa
particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen....
flush: v. 1. To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation.
All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [UNIX/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an `fflush(3)' call....
flush v. 1. [common] To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation.
All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [Unix/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an fflush(3) call....