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• anocomputer: /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ n. A computer with molecular-sized switching elements.
  Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed....
• ano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] pref.
  Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
• anotechnology:: /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/ n. A hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom.
  The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company....
• anotechnology /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/ n. A hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom.
  The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company....
• etrocomputing: /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ n. Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-a
  esp. if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for {hack value}, of more `serious' designs....
• Ada:: n. A {{Pascal}}-descended language that has been made mandatory for Department of Defense software projects by the Pentagon.
  Hackers are nearly unanimous in observing that, technically, it is precisely what one might expect given that kind of endorsement by fia...
• ail-mail: n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic.
  Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'....
• green machine: n. A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military specifications for field equipment (that i
  o withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and humidity, and so forth)....
• alescritter: /sayls'kri`tr/ n. Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson.
  Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman?...