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Pin Vi. Equivalent To Buzz. More Common Among C And Unix Programmers.
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spin vi.
Equivalent to buzz. More common among C and
Unix programmers.
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pin: vi. Equivalent to {buzz}. More common among C and UNIX programmers.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
All things are in common among friends. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi
gag: vi. Equivalent to {choke}, but connotes more disgust.
Hey, this is FORTRAN code. No wonder the C compiler gagged....
gag vi. Equivalent to choke, but connotes more disgust.
Hey, this is FORTRAN code. No wonder the C compiler gagged." See also barf....
LPT /L-P-T/ or /lip'it/ or /lip-it'/ n. 1. Line printer (originally Line Printing Terminal).
Rare under Unix, more common among hackers who grew up with ITS, MS-DOS, CP/M and other operating systems that were strongly influenced by early DEC conventions....
loop through vt. To process each element of a list of things.
Hold on, I've got to loop through my paper mail....
loop through: vt. To process each element of a list of things.
"Hold on, I've got to loop through my paper mail....
hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged}, but more common at UNIX/C sites.
Not generally used of people. Syn. with {locked up}, {wedged}...
hung adj. [from `hung up'; common] Equivalent to wedged, but more common at Unix/C sites.
Not generally used of people. Syn. with locked up, wedged...