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Boxology /bok-sol'*-jee/ N. Syn. ASCII Art. This Term Implies A More Restricted Domain, That Of Box-and-arrow Drawings.
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boxology /bok-sol'*-jee/ n.
Syn. ASCII art. This
term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow
drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare
macrology.
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boxology /bok-sol'*-jee/ n. Syn. ASCII art. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings.
His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare macrology....
macrology /mak-rol'*-jee/ n. 1. Set of usually complex or crufty macros, e.
g., as part of a large system written in LISP, TECO, or (less commonly) assembler....
macrology: /mak-rol'*-jee/ n. 1. Set of usually complex or crufty macros, e.
g., as part of a large system written in {LISP}, {TECO}, or (less commonly) assembler....
ASCII art n. The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set (mainly |, -, /, \, and +).
Also known as `character graphics' or `ASCII graphics'...
distribution n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
but see kit. Since about 1996 unqualified use of this term often implies `Linux distribution'....
ain dance: n. 1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem, with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished.
This especially applies to reseating printed circuit boards, reconnecting cables, etc....
flat-ASCII adj. [common] Said of a text file that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard control characters (that i
has no embedded codes specific to a particular text formatter markup language, or output device, and no meta-characters)....
flat-ASCII: adj. Said of a text file that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard control characters (that i
has no embedded codes specific to a particular text formatter markup language, or output device, and no {meta}-characters)....
widdle: n. 1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, `~'). Also called `squiggle', `sqiggle' (sic --- pronounced /skig'l/), and `twaddle', but twiddle is the most common term.
2. A small and insignificant change to a program....