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wedged adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help.
This is different from having crashed. If the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning....
wedgie n. [Fairchild] A bug. Prob. related to wedged.
wedgitude /wedj'i-t[y]ood/ n. The quality or state of being wedged.
weeble /weeb'l/ interj. [Cambridge] Used to denote frustration, usually at amazing stupidity.
I stuck the disk in upside down." "Weeble...." Compare gurfle....
weeds n. 1. Refers to development projects or algorithms that have no possible relevance or practical application.
Comes from `off in the weeds'. Used in phrases like "lexical analysis f...
weenie n. 1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a less amusing version of B1FF that infests many BBS systems.
The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills trav...
Weenix /wee'niks/ n. 1. [ITS] A derogatory term for Unix, derived from Unix weenie.
According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenie...
well-behaved adj. 1. [primarily MS-DOS] Said of software conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
Well-behaved software uses the operating system to do chores such as keyb...
well-connected adj. Said of a computer installation, asserts that it has reliable email links with the network and/or that it relays a large fraction of available Usenet newsgroups.
`Well...
wetware /wet'weir/ n. [prob. from the novels of Rudy Rucker] 1.
The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software....

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