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XXX /X-X-X/ N. A Marker That Attention Is Needed.
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XXX /X-X-X/ n.
A marker that attention is needed.
Commonly used in program comments to indicate areas that are kluged
up or need to be. Some hackers liken `XXX' to the notional
heavy-porn movie rating. Compare FIXME.
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XXX: /X-X-X/ n. A marker that attention is needed. Commonly used in program comments to indicate areas that are kluged up or need to be.
Some hackers liken `XXX' to the notional heavy-porn movie rating....
FIXME: imp. A standard tag often put in C comments near a piece of code that needs work.
The point of doing so is that a `grep' or a similar pattern-matching tool can find all such places quickly....
A/~~\A | LEAVING ALABAMA | ((o o))___ | Set your watch up an | \ / ~~~ # | hour .
FIXME imp. [common] A standard tag often put in C comments near a piece of code that needs work.
The point of doing so is that a grep or a similar pattern-matching tool can find all such places quickly....
heavy wizardry: n. Code or designs that trade on a particularly intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system or language or complex application interface.
Distinguished from {deep magic}, which trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge....
ome random X: adj. Used to indicate a member of class X, with the implication that Xs are interchangeable.
I think some random cracker tripped over the guest timeout last night....
ignal-to-noise ratio: [from analog electronics] n.
Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning....
ome random X adj. Used to indicate a member of class X, with the implication that Xs are interchangeable.
I think some random cracker tripped over the guest timeout last night....