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ain dance n. 1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem, with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished.
This especially applies to reseating printed circuit bo...
ainbow series n. Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover color.
andom adj. 1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition)
weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly....
Random Number God [rec.games.roguelike.angband; often abbreviated `RNG'] The malign force which lurks behind the random number generator in Angband (and by extension elsewhere).
A dark god...
andom numbers n.
andomness n. 1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous inelegance.
ape vt. 1. To screw someone or something, violently
in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably....
are mode adj. [Unix] CBREAK mode (character-by-character with interrupts enabled).
Distinguished from raw mode and cooked mode; the phrase "a sort of half-cooked (rare?...
aster blaster n. [Cambridge] Specialized hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter).
aster burn n. Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-res, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, esp.
graphics monitors. See terminal illness....
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