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bug-compatible adj. [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.
) previou...
bug-for-bug compatible n. Same as bug-compatible, with the additional implication that much tedious effort went into ensuring that each (known) bug was replicated.
bug-of-the-month club n. [from "book-of-the-month club", a time-honored mail-order-marketing technique in the U.
S.] A mythical club which users of `sendmail(8)' (the UNIX mail daemon) bel...
buglix /buhg'liks/ n. [uncommon] Pejorative term referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier severely buggy versions.
Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so mu...
bulletproof adj. Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robu
lossage-resista...
bum 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity.
I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code....
bump vt. Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as C's ++ operator.
Used esp. of counter variables, pointers, and index dummies in for, while, and do-while loops....
burble v. [from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like flame, but connotes that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere flamers can be competent).
A term of deep contempt. "There...
buried treasure n. A surprising piece of code found in some program.
burn-in period n. 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with marginal components before they get out the doo
the theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the ste...

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