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RTFS /R-T-F-S/ [Unix] 1. imp. Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking Source'.
RTI /R-T-I/ interj. The mnemonic for the `return from interrupt' instruction on many computers including the 6502 and 6800.
The variant `RETI' is found among former Z80 hackers (almost no...
RTM /R-T-M/ [Usenet: abbreviation for `Read The Manual'] 1.
Politer variant of RTFM. 2. Robert Tappan Morris, perpetrator of the great Internet worm of 1988 (see Great Worm)...
RTS /R-T-S/ imp. Abbreviation for `Read The Screen'.
Mainly used by hackers in the microcomputer world....
ude [WPI] adj. 1. (of a program) Badly written.
2. Functionally poor, e.g., a program that is very difficult to use because of gratuitously poor (random?...
unes pl.n. 1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read....
unic adj. Syn. obscure. VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as `Runix'
Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS to `Very Messy Syntax' or `Vachement Mauvais Systè...
usty iron n. Syn. tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
usty memory n. Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (esp.
ape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts....
usty wire n. [Amateur Packet Radio] Any very noisy network medium, in which the packets are subject to frequent corruption.
Most prevalent in reference to wireless links subject to all the ...

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