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ponge n. [Unix] A special case of a filter that reads its entire input before writing any outpu
he canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently ...
poof vi. To capture, alter, and retransmit a communication stream in a way that misleads the recipient.
As used by hackers, refers especially to altering TCP/IP packet source addresses o...
pool vi.
pool file n. Any file to which data is spooled to await the next stage of processing.
pungle n. [Durham, UK; portmanteau, spangle + bungle] A spangle of no actual usefulness.
Example: Roger the Bent Paperclip in Microsoft Word '98....
quare tape n. Mainframe magnetic tape cartridges for use with IBM 3480 or compatible tape drive
or QIC tapes used on workstations and micros. The term comes from the square (actually ...
quirrelcide n. [common on Usenet's comp.risks newsgroup.
] (alt....
ack n. The set of things a person has to do in the future.
One speaks of the next project to be attacked as having risen to the top of the stack....
ack puke n. Some processor architectures are said to `puke their guts onto the stack' to save their internal state during exception processing.
The Motorola 68020, for example, regurgi...
ale pointer bug n. Synonym for aliasing bug used esp. among microcomputer hackers.

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