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• ivitz /sniv'itz/ n. A hiccup in hardware or software
  a small, transient problem of unknown origin (less serious than a snark). Compare glitch....
• brute force adj. Describes a primitive programming style
  one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones....
• check n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• check: n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• ilicon n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare iron).
  Contrasted with software. See also sandbender....
• ilicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).
  Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• crufty: /kruhf'tee/ [origin unknown; poss. from `crusty'] adj.
  1. Poorly built, possibly over-complex. The {canonical} example is "This is standard old crufty {DEC} software"....
• ark n. [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1.
  A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!...
• ark: [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] n.
  1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!...