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hardcoded adj. 1.
hardwarily /hard-weir'*-lee/ adv. In a way pertaining to hardware.
The system is hardwarily unreliable....
hardwired adj. 1. In software, syn. for hardcoded.
2. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customizable to one's particular needs or tastes....
has the X nature [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?
] adj. Common hacker construction for `is an X', used for humorous emphasis. "Anyo...
hash bucket n. A notional receptacle, a set of which might be used to apportion data items for sorting or lookup purposes.
When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typ...
hash collision n. [from the techspeak] (var. `hash clash') When used of people, signifies a confusion in associative memory or imagination, especially a persistent one (see thinko).
True...
hat n. Common (spoken) name for the circumflex (`^', ASCII 1011110) character.
See ASCII for other synonyms....
HCF /H-C-F/ n.
heads down [Sun] adj. Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed.
See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly...
heartbeat n. 1. The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet transceiver at the end of every packet to show that the collision-detection circuit is still connected.
2. A periodic synchroniza...

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