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code grinder n. 1. A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors.
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code monkey n 1. A person only capable of grinding out code, but unable to perform the higher-primate tasks of software architecture, analysis, and design.
Mildly insulting. Often applie...
Code of the Geeks n. see geek code.
code police n.
codes n. [scientific computing] Programs.
codewalker n. A program component that traverses other programs for a living.
Compilers have codewalkers in their front end...
coefficient of X n. Hackish speech makes heavy use of pseudo-mathematical metaphors.
cokebottle /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it isn't on your keyboard.
MIT people used to complain about the `control-meta-cokebottle' c...
cold boot n. See boot.
COME FROM n. A semi-mythical language construct dual to the `go to'
COME FROM <label&g...

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