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proglet /prog'let/ n. [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an immediate, transient need.
Often written in BASIC, rarely more than a dozen lines long, and containing no subrouti...
program n. 1. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.
2. An exercise in experimental epistemology. 3. A form of art, ostensibly intended f...
Programmer's Cheer "Shift to the left! Shift to the right!
Pop up, push down! Byte! Byte! Byte!" A joke so old it has hair on it....
programming n. 1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file).
Bloody instructions which, being taught, return ...
programming fluid n. 1. Coffee. 2. Cola. 3. Any caffeinacious stimulant.
Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs. See wirewater....
propeller head n. Used by hackers, this is syn. with computer geek.
Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies....
propeller key n. [Mac users] See feature key.
proprietary adj. 1. In marketroid-speak, superio
implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers....
protocol n.
provocative maintenance n.

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