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brochureware n. Planned but non-existent product like vaporware, but with the added implication that marketing is actively selling and promoting it (they've printed brochures).
Brochurewa...
broken adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs).
2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression....
broken arrow n.
BrokenWindows n. Abusive hackerism for the crufty and elephantine X environment on Sun machine
properly called `OpenWindows'....
broket /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n. [rare; by analogy with `bracket'
a `broken bracket'] Either of the characters &l...
Brooks's Law prov.
brown-paper-bag bug n.
browser n. A program specifically designed to help users view and navigate hypertext, on-line documentation, or a database.
While this general sense has been present in jargon for a long ...
BRS /B-R-S/ n. Syn. Big Red Switch. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line.
brute force adj.

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