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BASIC /bay'-sic/ n.
batbelt n.
batch adj. 1. Non-interactive. Hackers use this somewhat more loosely than the traditional technical definitions justify
in particular, switches on a normally interactive program that prepa...
bathtub curve n. Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time
...
baud /bawd/ n. [simplified from its technical meaning] n.
Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands of bits per second....
baud barf /bawd barf/ n. The garbage one gets a terminal (or terminal emulator) when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (esp.
line speed) incorrect, or when someone pick...
baz /baz/ n. 1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functio
F FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also fum) 2....
bazaar n.,adj.
bboard /bee'bord/ n. [contraction of `bulletin board'] 1.
Any electronic bulletin board; esp....
BBS /B-B-S/ n. [common; abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] An electronic bulletin board system
hat is, a message database where people can log in and leave broadcast messages for oth...

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