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delint /dee-lint/ v. obs. To modify code to remove problems detected when linting.
Confusingly, this process is also referred to as `linting' code....
delta n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering).
I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What wa...
demented adj. Yet another term of disgust used to describe a malfunctioning program.
The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad....
demigod n.
demo /de'moh/ [short for `demonstration'] 1. v. To demonstrate a product or prototype.
demo mode n. 1. [Sun] The state of being heads down in order to finish code in time for a demo, usually due yesterday.
2. A mode in which video games sit by themselves running through a p...
demoeffect n. [demoscene] What among hackers is called a display hack.
demogroup n. [demoscene] A group of demo (sense 4) composers.
demon n. 1. [MIT] A portion of a program that is not invoked explicitly, but that lies dormant waiting for some condition(s) to occur.
See daemon. The distinction is that demons are usua...
demon dialer n. A program which repeatedly calls the same telephone number.

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