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Mutter Vt. To Quietly Enter A Command Not Meant For The Ears, Eyes, Or Fingers Of Ordinary Mortals.
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mutter vt.
To quietly enter a command not meant for the
ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in `mutter
an incantation'. See also wizard.
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mutter: vt. To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals.
Often used in `mutter an {incantation}'. See also {wizard}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
incantation: n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result.
Not used of passwords or other explicit security features....
incantation n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result.
Not used of passwords or other explicit security features....
wizard n. 1. Transitively, a person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who groks it)
esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency....
wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who {grok}s it)
esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency....
frob: /frob/ 1. n. [MIT] The {TMRC} definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnio
by metaphoric extension, a `frob' is any random small thing...
frob /frob/ 1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnio
by metaphoric extension, a `frob' is any random small thing...
A girl's best friend is her mutter.
A girl's best friend is her mutter. -- Dorothy Parke