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comm mode /kom mohd/ n. [ITS: from the feature supporting on-line cha
he term may spelled with one or two m's] Syn. for talk mode....
command key n. [Mac users] Syn. feature key.
comment out vt. To surround a section of code with comment delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment marke
his prevents it from being compiled or interpreted. Ofte...
Commonwealth Hackish n. Hacker jargon as spoken in English outside the U.
S., esp. in the British Commonwealth....
compact adj. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be apprehended at once in one's head.
This generally means the thing created from the design can be used with gre...
compiler jock n. See jock (sense 2).
compo n. [demoscene] Finnish-originated slang for `competition'.
Demo compos are held at a demoparty....
compress [Unix] vt. When used without a qualifier, generally refers to crunching of a file using a particular C implementation of compression by Joseph M.
Orost et al. and widely circulate...
Compu$erve n. See CI$. Synonyms CompuSpend and Compu$pend are also reported.
computer confetti n. Syn. chad. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
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