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oad vt. [MUD] 1. Notionally, to change a MUD player into a toad.
2. To permanently and totally exile a player from the MUD....
oast 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp.
one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast....
oaster n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controlle
often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see eleva...
oeprint n. A footprint of especially small size.
oggle vt. To change a bit from whatever state it is in to the other state
o change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1....
ool 1. n. A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program.
Oppose app, operating system f...
oolsmith n. The software equivalent of a tool-and-die speciali
one who specializes in making the tools with which other programmers create applications....
oor n. The Bourne-Again Super-user. An alternate account with UID of 0, created on Unix machines where the root user has an inconvenient choice of shell.
Compare avatar....
opic drift n.
opic group n. Syn. forum.

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