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display hack n. A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope
o make pretty pictures....
dispress vt. [contraction of `Dissociated Press' due to eight-character MS-DOS filenames] To apply the Dissociated Press algorithm to a block of text.
The resultant output is also referred to...
Dissociated Press n. [play on `Associated Press'
perhaps inspired by a reference in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon "What's Up, Doc?...
distribution n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
but see kit. Since about 1996 unqualified use of this term often implies `Linux distribution'....
disusered adj. [Usenet] Said of a person whose account on a computer has been removed, esp.
for cause rather than through normal attrition....
do protocol vi. [from network protocol programming] To perform an interaction with somebody or something that follows a clearly defined procedure.
For example, "Let's do protocol with the...
doc /dok/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for `documentation'.
Often used in the plural `docs' and in the construction `doc file' (i....
documentation n. The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most modern software or hardware products (see also tree-killer).
Hacke...
dodgy adj. Syn. with flaky. Preferred outside the U.S.
dogcow /dog'kow/ n. See Moof. The dogcow is a semi-legendary creature that lurks in the depths of the Macintosh Technical Notes Hypercard stack V3.
1. The full story of the dogcow is told...

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