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chroedinbug /shroh'din-buhg/ n. [MIT
cience-fiction fandom n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF conventio...
cram switch n. [from the nuclear power industry] An emergency-power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), esp.
one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is no...
cratch 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purpose
one that can be scribbled on without loss....
cratch monkey n. As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices.
Used to refe...
cream and die v. Syn. cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
creaming tty n. [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system.
This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a ...
creen n. [Atari ST demoscene] One demoeffect or one screenful of them.
creen name n. A handle sense 1. This term has been common among users of IRC, MUDs, and commercial on-line services since the mid-1990s.
Hackers recognize the term but don't generally u...
crew n. [MIT] A lose, usually in software. Especially used for user-visible misbehavior caused by a bug or misfeature.
This use has become quite widespread outside MIT....

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