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LERP: /lerp/ Vi.,n. Quasi-acronym For Linear Interpolation, Used As A Verb Or Noun For The Operation.
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:LERP: /lerp/ vi.,n. Quasi-acronym for Linear Interpolation, used as a
verb or noun for the operation. "Bresenham's algorithm lerps
incrementally between the two endpoints of the line."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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Bresenham's algorithm lerps incrementally between the two endpoints of the line....
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2. vi. To complain. Often verb-doubled: "Gritch gritch"....
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hat is a {hack} in sense 2. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
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pool: [from early IBM `Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line', but this acronym is widely thought to have been contrived for effect] vt.
To send files to some device or program (a `spooler') that queues them up and does something useful with them later....
egment: /seg'ment/ vi. To experience a {segmentation fault}.
Confusingly, this is often pronounced more like the noun `segment' than like mainstream v....
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This conflict tangles together two separate issues....