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prettyprint /prit'ee-print/ v. (alt. `pretty-print') 1.
To generate `pretty' human-readable output from a hairy internal representatio...
pretzel key n. [Mac users] See feature key.
priesthood n. obs. [TMRC] The select group of system managers responsible for the operation and maintenance of a batch operated computer system.
On these computers, a user never had direc...
prime time n. [from TV programming] Normal high-usage hours on a system or network.
print v. To output, even if to a screen. If a hacker says that a program "printed a message", he means thi
if he refers to printing a file, he probably means it in the conventional se...
printing discussion n. [XEROX PARC] A protracted, low-level, time-consuming, generally pointless discussion of something only peripherally interesting to all.
priority interrupt n. [from the hardware term] Describes any stimulus compelling enough to yank one right out of hack mode.
Classically used to des SO for immediate sex, but may also refe...
profile n. 1. A control file for a program, esp.
progasm /proh'gaz-m/ n. [University of Wisconsin] The euphoria experienced upon the completion of a program or other computer-related project.
proggy n. 1. Any computer program that is considered a full application.
2. Any computer program that is made up of or otherwise contains proglets....

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