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• 2 infix. In translation software written by hackers, infix 2 often represents the syllable to with the connotation `translate to'
  as in dvi2ps (DVI to PostScript), int2string (integer to string), and texi2roff (Texinfo to [nt]roff)....
• h: [from SF fandom] infix. A method of `marking' common words, i.
  e., calling attention to the fact that they are being used in a nonstandard, ironic, or humorous way....
• NeWS: /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ [acronym
  he `Network Window System'] n. The road not taken in window systems, an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost certainly have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to Sun Microsystems....
• drain: [IBM] v. Syn. for {flush} (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about i
  one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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....
• kiboze: [USENET] v. To {grep} the USENET news for a string, especially with the intention of posting a follow-up.
  This activity was popularised by Kibo (see {KIBO}, sense 2). -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• grovel: vi. 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress.
  Often used transitively with `over' or `through'....
• dumbed down: adj. Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified.
  Often, a {marketroid} will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart....
• eality check: n. 1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware
  doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if you get 4....