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bletch /blech/ interj. [very common; from Yiddish/German `brechen', to vomit, poss.
via comic-strip exclamation `blech'] Term of disgust....
bletcherous /blech'*-r*s/ adj. Disgusting in design or functio
esthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people....
blink vi.,n. [now rare] To use a navigator or off-line message reader to minimize time spent on-line to a commercial network service (a necessity in many places outside the U.
S. where the ...
blinkenlights /blink'*n-li:tz/ n. [common] Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, esp.
a dinosaur....
blit /blit/ vt. 1.
blitter /blit'r/ n. [common] A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to perform blit operations, esp.
used for fast implementation of bit-mapped graphics. The Commodore Amiga and...
blivet /bliv'*t/ n. [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1.
An intractable problem. 2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't b...
bloatware n. [common] Software that provides minimal functionality while requiring a disproportionate amount of diskspace and memory.
Especially used for application and OS upgrades. Thi...
BLOB 1. n. [acronym: Binary Large OBject] Used by database people to refer to any random large block of bits that needs to be stored in a database, such as a picture or sound file.
The e...
block v. [common; from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1.
vi. To delay or sit idle while waiting for something....

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