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pizza box n.
plaid screen n. [XEROX PARC] A `special effect' that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display.
The term "salt and p...
plain-ASCII /playn-as'kee/ Syn. flat-ASCII.
plan file n. [Unix] On systems that support finger, the `.
plan' file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered....
platinum-iridium adj. Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured.
Usage: silly....
playpen n. [IBM] A room where programmers work. Compare salt mines.
playte /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with nybble and byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner and crumb....
plingnet /pling'net/ n. Syn. UUCPNET. Also see Commonwealth Hackish, which uses `pling' for bang (as in bang path).
plokta /plok't*/ v. [acronym: Press Lots Of Keys To Abort] To press random keys in an attempt to get some response from the system.
One might plokta when the abort procedure for a program...
plonk excl.,vt. [Usenet: possibly influenced by British slang `plonk' for cheap booze, or `plonker' for someone behaving stupidly (latter is lit.
equivalent to Yiddish `schmuck')] The sou...

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