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ip of the ice-cube n. // [IBM] The visible part of something small and insignificant.
ired iron n.
its on a keyboard n. Small bumps on certain keycaps to keep touch-typists registered.
Usually on the 5 of a numeric keypad, and on the F and J of a QWERTY keyboard...
TLA /T-L-A/ n. [Three-Letter Acronym] 1. Self-describing abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is infested.
2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA...
TM) // [Usenet] ASCII rendition of the trademark-superscript symbol appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity, perhaps in future editions of this lexicon.
TMRC /tmerk'/ n. The Tech Model Railroad Club at MIT, one of the wellsprings of hacker culture.
The 1959 "Dictionary of the TMRC Language" compiled by Peter Samson included several terms ...
TMRCie /tmerk'ee/, n. [MIT] A denizen of TMRC.
TMTOWTDI There's More Than One Way To Do It. This abbreviation of the official motto of Perl is frequently used on newsgroups and mailing lists related to that language.
o a first approximation adj. 1.
o a zeroth approximation [from `to a first approximation'] A really sloppy approximatio
a wild guess. Compare social science number....

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