Jargon File

ap 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program.
In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program...
ap door n. (alt. `trapdoor') 1. Syn. back door -- a Bad Thing.
2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function' is one which is easy to compute but very difficult to compute the inverse of....
ash vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including mung, mangle, and scribble....
awl v. To sift through large volumes of data (e.
g., Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest....
ee-killer n. [Sun] 1. A printer. 2. A person who wastes paper.
This epithet should be interpreted in a broad sense...
eeware /tree'weir/ n. Printouts, books, and other information media made from pulped dead trees.
Compare tree-killer, see documentation....
it /trit/ n. [by analogy with `bit'] One base-3 digi
he amount of information conveyed by a selection among one of three equally likely outcomes (see also bit)....
ivial adj. 1. Too simple to bother detailing. 2.
Not worth the speaker's time. 3....
off /T'rof/ or /trof/ n. [Unix] The gray eminence of Unix text processing
oglodyte n. [Commodore] 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle.
The term `gnoll' (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported....

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