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IIRC // Common abbreviation for "If I Recall Correctly".
ill-behaved adj. 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Softwa...
IMHO // abbrev. [from SF fandom via Usene
Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted! prov. [Usenet] Since Usenet first got off the ground in 1980-81, it has grown exponentially, approximately doubling in size every year.
On the other h...
in the extreme adj. A preferred superlative suffix for many hackish terms.
See, for example, `obscure in the extreme' under obscure, and compare highly....
inc /ink/ v. Verbal (and only rarely written) shorthand for increment, i.
e. `increase by one'. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an inc mnemonic....
incantation n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result.
Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Espec...
include vt. [Usenet] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response.
include war n. Excessive multi-leveled inclusion within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers.
In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead ...
indent style n. [C, C++, and Java programmers] The rules one uses to indent code in a readable fashion.
There are four major C indent styles, described below; all have the aim of making i...

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