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examining the entrails n. The process of grovelling through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divinatio...
EXCH /eks'ch*/ or /eksch/ vt. To exchange two things, each for the othe
o swap places. If you point to two people sitting down and say "Exch!...
excl /eks'kl/ n. Abbreviation for `exclamation point'. See bang, shriek, ASCII.
EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n. An executable binary file.
Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension ....
exec /eg-zek'/ or /eks'ek/ vt., n. 1. [Unix: from `execute'] Synonym for chain, derives from the exec(2) call.
2. [from `executive'] obs. The command interpreter for an OS (see shell); te...
exercise, left as an adj. [from technical books] Used to complete a proof when one doesn't mind a handwave, or to avoid one entirely.
The complete phrase is: "The proof [or `the rest'] i...
Exon /eks'on/ excl. A generic obscenity that quickly entered wide use on the Internet and Usenet after Black Thursday.
From the last name o (Democrat-Nebraska), primary author of the CDA....
Exploder n. Used within Microsoft to refer to the Windows Explorer, the interface component of Windows 95 and WinNT 4.
Our spies report that most of the heavy guns at MS came from a Unix b...
exploit n. [originally cracker slang] 1. A vulnerability in software that can be used for breaking security or otherwise attacking an Internet host over the network.
The Ping O' Death is a f...
external memory n. A memo pad, palmtop computer, or written notes.
Hold on while I write that to external memory"....

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