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Amp Off Vt. [Purdue] To Run In Background. From The Unix Shell `&' Operator.
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amp off vt.
[Purdue] To run in background. From the
Unix shell `&' operator.
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amp off: [Purdue] vt. To run in {background}. From the UNIX shell `&' operator.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
background n.,adj.,vt. [common] To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever foreground matters are not claiming your undivided attentio
and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority....
background: n.,adj.,vt. To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided attentio
and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority....
fork bomb n. [Unix] A particular species of wabbit that can be written in one line of C (main() {for(
)fork();}) or shell ($0 & $0 &) on any Unix system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
ee n.,vt. [Purdue] A carbon copy of an electronic transmission.
Oh, you're sending him the bits to that? Slap on a tee for me....
Milliamp - Mrs. Amp's daughter -- Data communications glossary
My current power amp produces no power or current.
ee: n.,vt. [Purdue] A carbon copy of an electronic transmission.
"Oh, you're sending him the {bits} to that? Slap on a tee for me....
lord high fixer n. [primarily British, from Gilbert &
Sullivan's `lord high executioner'] The person in an organization who knows the most about some aspect of a system....