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• erd n. 1. [mainstream slang] Pejorative applied to anyone with an above-average IQ and few gifts at small talk and ordinary social rituals.
  2. [jargon] Term of praise applied (in conscious ironic reference to sense 1) to someone who knows what's really important and interesting and doesn't care to be distracted by trivial chatter and silly status games....
• moke and mirrors n. Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense.
  Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked benchmarks (see also MIPS, machoflops)....
• moke and mirrors: n. Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense.
  Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked {benchmark}s (see also {MIPS}, {machoflops})....
• wink: /twink/ [UCSC] n. Equivalent to {read-only user}.
  Also reported on the USENET group soc.motss; may derive from gay slang for a cute young thing with nothing upstairs (compare mainstream `chick')....
• ap: 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program.
  In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program....
• arf: /snarf/ vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's permission.
  See also {BLT}. 2. [in the UNIX community] To fetch a file or set of files across a network....
• hosed: adj. Same as {down}. Used primarily by UNIX hackers.
  Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be relatively easy to reverse....
• oid suff. [from Greek suffix -oid = `in the image of'] 1.
  Used as in mainstream slang English to indicate a poor imitation, a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus resemblance....
• ap 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program.
  In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program....