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freeze v. To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability.
Carries the strong implication that the item in questio...
fried adj. 1. [common] Non-working due to hardware failure
burnt out....
frink /frink/ v. The unknown ur-verb, fill in your own meaning.
Found esp. on the Usenet newsgroup alt.fan....
friode /fri:'ohd/ n. [TMRC] A reversible (that is, fused or blown) diode.
Compare fried; see also SED, LER...
fritterware n. An excess of capability that serves no productive end.
The canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink)...
frob /frob/ 1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnio
by metaphoric extension, a `frob' is any random small thing; an object that you can comf...
frobnicate /frob'ni-kayt/ vt. [Poss. derived from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but `frobnicate' is recognized as the official full form.
] To manipulate or adjust, to tweak....
frobnitz /frob'nits/, pl. `frobnitzem' /frob'nit-zm/ or `frobni' /frob'ni
/ n. [TMRC] An unspecified physical object, a widget....
frog alt. `phrog' 1. interj. Term of disgust (we seem to have a lot of them).
2. Used as a name for just about anything. See foo....
frogging [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch, as opposed to random events like line noise or media failures.
Mig...

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