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dangling pointer n. [common] A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere (in C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid).
Usually this happe...
dark-side hacker n. A criminal or malicious hacke
a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force"....
Datamation /day`t*-may'sh*n/ n. A magazine that many hackers assume all suits read.
Used to question an unbelieved quote, as in "Did you read that in `Datamation?...
DAU /dow/ n. [German FidoNet] German acronym for Dü
mmster Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user)....
Dave the Resurrector n. [Usenet; also abbreviated DtR] A cancelbot that cancels cancels.
day mode n. See phase (sense 1). Used of people only.
dd /dee-dee/ vt. [Unix: from IBM JCL] Equivalent to cat or BLT.
Originally the name of a Unix copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented device...
DDT /D-D-T/ n. [from the insecticide para-dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethene] 1.
de-rezz /dee-rez'/ [from `de-resolve' via the movie "Tron"] (also `derez') 1.
vi. To disappear or dissolve...
dead adj. 1. Non-functional; down; crashed. Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....

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