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amizdat /sahm-iz-daht/ n. [Russian, literally "self publishing"] The process of disseminating documentation via underground channels.
Originally referred to underground duplication and d...
amurai n.
andbender n. [IBM] A person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of chips.
Compare ironmonger, polygon pu...
andbox n. 1. (also `sandbox, the') Common term for the R&
D department at many software and computer companies (where hackers in commercial environments are likely to be found)....
anity check n. [very common] 1. The act of checking a piece of code (or anything else, e.
g., a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes....
Saturday-night special n.
ay vt. 1. To type to a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, you have to say ls -l.
Tends to imply a newline-terminated command (a `sentence')....
cag vt. To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the filesystem or by causing media damage.
That last power hit scagged the system disk." Compare scrog, roach....
canno /skan'oh/ n. An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or thinko.
cary devil monastery n. Anagram frequently used to refer to the newsgroup alt.
ysadmin.recovery, which is populated with characters that rather justify the reference....

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