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• ubroutine /stuhb'roo-teen/ n. [contraction of `stub subroutine'] Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a subroutine that is to be written or fleshed out later.
• RE /R-E/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for regexp.
• ubroutine: /stuhb'roo-teen/ [contraction of `stub subroutine'] n.
  Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a subroutine that is to be written or fleshed out later....
• AI /A-I/ n. Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so common that the full form is almost never written or spoken among hackers.
• BSOD /B-S-O-D/ Very commmon abbreviation for Blue Screen of Death. Both spoken and written.
• gen /jen/ n.,v. Short for generate, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts.
• gen: /jen/ n.,v. Short for {generate}, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• RE: /R-E/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for {regexp}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• PHB /P-H-B/ [Usenet; common; rarely spoken] Abbreviation, "Pointy-Haired Boss".
  From the Dilbert character, the archetypal halfwitted middle-management type....