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LDB /l*'d*b/ vt. [from the PDP-10 instruction set] To extract from the middle.
LDB me a slice of cake, please....
leaf site n.,obs. Before pervasive TCP/IP, this term was used of a machine that merely originated and read Usenet news or mail, and did not relay any third-party traffic.
It was often u...
leak n.
leaky heap n. [Cambridge] An arena with a memory leak.
leapfrog attack n. Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.
g., downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc....
leech n. Among BBS types, crackers and warez d00dz, one who consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks, or techniques.
BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone ...
legal adj. Loosely used to mean `in accordance with all the relevant rules', esp.
in connection with some set of constraints defined by software....
legalese n. Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product specification, or interface standard
ext that seems designed to obfuscate and requires a language lawyer to sui...
LER /L-E-R/ n. 1. [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] A light-emitting resistor (that is, one in the process of burning up).
Ohm's law was broken. See also SED. 2. An incandescent ligh...
LERP /lerp/ vi.,n. Quasi-acronym for Linear Interpolation, used as a verb or noun for the operation.
Bresenham's algorithm lerps incrementally between the two endpoints of the line....

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