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Berklix /berk'liks/ N.,adj. [contraction Of `Berkeley Unix'] See BSD.
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berklix /berk'liks/ n.,adj.
[contraction of `Berkeley
Unix'] See BSD. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more
common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than
among hackers, who usually just say `BSD'.
Related:
berklix: /berk'liks/ n.,adj. [contraction of `Berkeley UNIX'] See {BSD}.
Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more common among {suit}s attempting to sound like cognoscenti than among hackers, who usually just say `BSD'....
BSD: Unix with Berkeley enhancements. LSD: Reality with Berkeley enhancements.
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....
Parts of this product may be derived from UNIX and Berkeley 4.
3 BSD systems... -- Label on Solaris 2.x disk...
indent style n. [C, C++, and Java programmers] The rules one uses to indent code in a readable fashion.
There are four major C indent styles, described below...
Stupids n. Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them
uccinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers....
creeping featurism /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. [common] 1.
Describes a systematic tendency to load more chrome and features onto systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed when originally designed....
creeping featurism: /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. 1. Describes a systematic tendency to load more {chrome} and {feature}s onto systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed when originally designed.
See also {feeping creaturism}. "You know, the main problem with {BSD} UNIX has always been creeping featurism....