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dump n. 1.
dumpster diving /dump'-ster di:'-ving/ n. 1.
dup killer /d[y]oop kill'r/ n. [FidoNet] Software that is supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may have reached the FidoNet system via different routes.
dup loop /d[y]oop loop/ (also `dupe loop') n.
dusty deck n.
DWIM /dwim/ [acronym, `Do What I Mean'] 1. adj. Able to guess, sometimes even correctly, the result intended when bogus input was provided.
2. n. obs. The BBNLISP/INTERLISP function tha...
dynner /din'r/ n. 32 bits, by analogy with nybble and byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also playte, tayste, crumb....
earthquake n. [IBM] The ultimate real-world shock test for computer hardware.
Easter egg n. [from the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the U.
S. and many parts of Europe] 1....
Easter egging n. [IBM] The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in hopes that a malfunction will go away.
Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field...

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