1. (also `S.O.') Abbrev. for Significant
Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/
by hackers. Used to refer to one's primary relationship, esp. a
live-in to whom one is not married. See MOTAS, MOTOS,
MOTSS. 2. [techspeak] The Shift Out control character in
ASCII (Control-N, 0001110).
EOF /E-O-F/ n.
[abbreviation, `End Of File']
1. [techspeak] The out-of-band value returned by C's
sequential character-input functions (and their equivalents in
other environments) when end of file has been reached....