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Acolyte N. Obs. [TMRC] An OSU Privileged Enough To Submit Data And Programs To A Member Of The Priesthood.
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acolyte n. obs.
[TMRC] An OSU privileged enough to
submit data and programs to a member of the priesthood.
Related:
priesthood n. obs. [TMRC] The select group of system managers responsible for the operation and maintenance of a batch operated computer system.
On these computers, a user never had direct access to a computer, but had to submit his/her data and programs to a priest for execution....
OSU /O-S-U/ n. obs. [TMRC] Acronym for Officially Sanctioned Use
a user who is recognized as such by the computer authorities and allowed to use the computer above the objections of the security monitor....
That's enough, Data!
TMRCie /tmerk'ee/, n. [MIT] A denizen of TMRC.
TMRCie: /tmerk'ee/, [MIT] n. A denizen of {TMRC}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs -- Niklaus Wirth
It is a period of system war. User programs, striking from a hidden directory, have won their first victory against the evil Administrative Empire.
During the battle, User spies managed to steal secret source code to the Empire's ultimate program...
ool 1. n. A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program.
Oppose app, operating system filter, plumbing)....
frobnitz /frob'nits/, pl. `frobnitzem' /frob'nit-zm/ or `frobni' /frob'ni
/ n. [TMRC] An unspecified physical object, a widget....