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hirsute adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for hairy.
HLL /H-L-L/ n. [High-Level Language (as opposed to assembler)] Found primarily in email and news rather than speech.
Rarely, the variants `VHLL' and `MLL' are found. VHLL stands for `Ve...
hoarding n. See software hoarding.
hobbit n. 1. [rare] The High Order BIT of a byte
ame as the meta bit or high bit. 2. The non-ITS name of vad@ai....
hog n.,vt. 1. Favored term to describe programs or hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's resources, esp.
hose which noticeably degrade interactive response. N...
hole n. A region in an otherwise flat entity which is not actually present.
hollised /hol'ist/ adj. [Usenet: sci.
holy wars n. [from Usenet, but may predate it; common] n.
flame wars over religious issues....
home box n. A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns.
Yeah? Well, my home box runs a full 4.4 BSD, so there!...
home machine n. 1. Syn. home box. 2. The machine that receives your email.

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