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Missed'em-five N. Pejorative Hackerism For AT&
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Missed'em-five n.
Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V
Unix, generally used by BSD partisans in a bigoted mood. (The
synonym `SysVile' is also encountered.) See software bloat,
Berzerkeley.
Related:
Missed'em-five: n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V UNIX, generally used by {BSD} partisans in a bigoted mood.
(The synonym `SysVile' is also encountered.) See {software bloat}, {Berzerkeley}....
Berzerkeley: /b*r-zer'klee/ [from `berserk', via the name of a now-deceased record label] n.
Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp. to refer to the practices or products of the {BSD} UNIX hackers....
Berzerkeley /b*r-zer'klee/ n. [from `berserk', via the name of a now-deceased record label
poss. originated by famed columnist Herb Caen] Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp....
oftware bloat n. The results of second-system effect or creeping featuritis.
Commonly cited examples include ls(1), X, BSD, Missed'em-five...
oftware bloat: n. The results of {second-system effect} or {creeping featuritis}.
Commonly cited examples include `ls(1)', {X}, {BSD}, {Missed'em-five}, and {OS/2}....
Nightmare File System n. Pejorative hackerism for Sun's Network File System (NFS).
In any nontrivial network of Suns where there is a lot of NFS cross-mounting, when one Sun goes down, the others often freeze up....
Nightmare File System: n. Pejorative hackerism for Sun's Network File System (NFS).
In any nontrivial network of Suns where there is a lot of NFS cross-mounting, when one Sun goes down, the others often freeze up....
BSD /B-S-D/ n. [abbreviation for `Berkeley Software Distribution'] a family of Unix versions for the DEC VAX and PDP-11 developed by Bill Joy and others at Berzerkeley starting around 1980
incorporating paged virtual memory, TCP/IP networking enhancements, and many other features....
SysVile /sis-vi:l'/ n. See Missed'em-five.