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• lose vi. 1. [very common] To fail. A program loses when it encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected manner.
  2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky. 3....
• win: [MIT] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently {robust} to take exceptions in stride.
  2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof....
• deserves to lose: adj. Said of someone who willfully does the {Wrong Thing}
  humorously, if one uses a feature known to be {marginal}....
• win [MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed.
  A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently robust to take exceptions in stride....
• losing: adj. Said of anything that is or causes a {lose} or {lossage}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• bagbiter: /bag'bi:t-*r/ n. 1. Something, such as a program or a computer, that fails to work, or works in a remarkably clumsy manner.
  This text editor won't let me make a file with a line longer than 80 characters!...
• crew: [MIT] n. A {lose}, usually in software. Especially used for user-visible misbehavior caused by a bug or misfeature.
  This use has become quite widespread outside MIT. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• egmentation fault: n. [UNIX] 1. An error in which a running program attempts to access memory not allocated to it and {core dump}s with a segmentation violation error.
  2. To lose a train of thought or a line of reasoning....
• ool: 1. n. A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program.
  Oppose {app}, {operating system}. 2. [UNIX] An application program with a simple, `transparent' (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see {filter}, {plumbing})....