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ext n. 1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a `pure code' portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking OS.
Compare English. 2. Textual material in th...
hanks in advance [Usenet] Conventional net.politeness ending a posted request for information or assistance.
Sometimes written `advTHANKSance' or `aTdHvAaNnKcSe' or abbreviated `TIA'. S...
That's not a bug, that's a feature! The canonical first parry in a debate about a purported bug.
The complainant, if unconvinced, is likely to retort that the bug is then at best a misfea...
he literature n. Computer-science journals and other publications, vaguely gestured at to answer a question that the speaker believes is trivial.
Thus, one might answer an annoying que...
he network n. 1.
heology n. 1. Ironically or humorously used to refer to religious issues.
2. Technical fine points of an abstruse nature, esp....
heory n. The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules that is currently being used to inform a behavior.
This usage is a generalization and (deliberate) abuse of the technical meaning....
hinko /thing'koh/ n. [by analogy with `typo'] A momentary, correctable glitch in mental processing, especially one involving recall of information learned by rote
a bubble in the stream...
This can't happen Less clipped variant of can't happen.

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