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prowler n.
pseudo /soo'doh/ n. [Usenet: truncation of `pseudonym'] 1.
pseudoprime n. A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing.
This term is an esoteric pun derived from number theory...
pseudosuit /soo'doh-s[y]oot`/ n. A suit wannabee
a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!...
psychedelicware /si:`k*-del'-ik-weir/ n. [UK] Syn. display hack. See also smoking clover.
psyton /si:'ton/ n. [TMRC] The elementary particle carrying the sinister force.
The probability of a process losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it....
pubic directory /pyoob'ik d*-rek't*-ree/) n. [NYU] (also `pube directory' /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The `pub' (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access.
So called because it i...
puff vt. To decompress data that has been crunched by Huffman coding.
pumpkin holder n. See patch pumpkin.
pumpking n. Syn. for pumpkin holder; see patch pumpkin.

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