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plug-and-pray adj.,vi.
plugh /ploogh/ v. [from the ADVENT game] See xyzzy.
plumbing n. [Unix] Term used for shell code, so called because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the input of another.
Under Unix, user utilities ca...
PM /P-M/ 1. v. (from `preventive maintenance') To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes.
See provocative maintenance; see also scratch monk 2. n. Abbrev. for `Presentatio...
pnambic /p*-nam'bik/ [Acronym from the scene in the film version of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the true nature of the wizard is first discovered
Pay no attention to the man behind the c...
pod n. [allegedly from abbreviation POD for `Prince Of Darkness'] A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality impact printer).
From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used to feed formatted te...
point-and-drool interface n. Parody of the techspeak term `point-and-shoot interface', describing a windows, icons, and mouse-based interface such as is found on the Macintosh.
The implic...
pointy hat n. See wizard hat. This synonym specifically refers to the wizards of Unseen University in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" serious of humorous fantasie
hese books are extremel...
pointy-haired adj. [after the character in the Dilbert comic strip] Describes the extreme form of the property that separates suits and marketroids from hackers.
Compare brain-dead; deme...
poke n.,vt. See peek.

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