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Jaggies: /jag'eez/ N. The `stairstep' Effect Observable When An Edge (esp.
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:jaggies: /jag'eez/ n. The `stairstep' effect observable when an
edge (esp. a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is
rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
jaggies /jag'eez/ n. The `stairstep' effect observable when an edge (esp.
a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display)....
plaid screen: [XEROX PARC] n. A `special effect' that occurs when certain kinds of {memory smash}es overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display.
The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin....
moking clover: [ITS] n. A {display hack} originally due to Bill Gosper.
Many convergent lines are drawn on a color monitor in {AOS} mode (so that every pixel struck has its color incremented)....
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.
Might occur, for example, if one bit of each incoming character on a tty were stuck, so that some characters were correct and others were not....
ale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp.
among microcomputer hackers. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
P-mail: n. Physical mail, as opposed to {email}. Synonymous with {snail-mail}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
VR: // [MUD] n. On-line abbrev for {virtual reality}, as opposed to {RL}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
at belt: n. A cable tie, esp. the sawtoothed, self-locking plastic kind that you can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a random twist of wire or a twist tie or one of those humongous metal clip frobs).
Small cable ties are `mouse belts'. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
feeper: /fee'pr/ n. The device in a terminal or workstation (usually a loudspeaker of some kind) that makes the {feep} sound.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...