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oppage /sto'p*j/ n. Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable.
The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer....
ore n. [prob. from techspeak `main store'] In some varieties of Commonwealth hackish, the preferred synonym for core.
Thus, `bringing a program into store' means not that one is returni...
ided /stri:'d*d/ adj.
oke n. Common name for the slant (`/', ASCII 0101111) character.
See ASCII for other synonyms....
udel n. Common (spoken) name for the at-sign (`@', ASCII 1000000) character.
See ASCII for other synonyms....
ubroutine /stuhb'roo-teen/ n. [contraction of `stub subroutine'] Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a subroutine that is to be written or fleshed out later.
udly adj. Impressive; powerful. Said of code and designs which exhibit both complexity and a virtuoso flair.
Has connotations similar to hairy but is more positive in tone. Often i...
udlycaps /stuhd'lee-kaps/ n. A hackish form of silliness similar to BiCapitalization for trademarks, but applied randomly and to arbitrary text rather than to trademarks.
ThE oRigiN and...
unning adj. Mind-bogglingly stupid. Usually used in sarcasm.
You want to code what in ADA? That's a ... stunning idea!...
upid-sort n. Syn. bogo-sort.

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