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• percent-S: /per-sent' es'/ [From the code in C's `printf(3)' library function used to insert an arbitrary string argument] n.
  An unspecified person or object. "I was just talking to some percent-s in administration....
• wango: /wang'goh/ n. Random bit-level {grovel}ling going on in a system during some unspecified operation.
  Often used in combination with {mumble}. For example...
• arg: /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano' from `pianoforte').
  The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args....
• bandwidth: n. 1. Used by hackers (in a generalization of its technical meaning) as the volume of information per unit time that a computer, person, or transmission medium can handle.
  Those are amazing graphics, but I missed some of the detail -- not enough bandwidth, I guess....
• bum: 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity.
  I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code....
• live data: n. 1. Data that is written to be interpreted and takes over program flow when triggered by some un-obvious operation, such as viewing it.
  One use of such hacks is to break security. For example, some smart terminals have commands that allow one to download strings to program key...
• J. Random: /J rand'm/ n. [generalized from {J. Random Hacker}] Arbitrary
  ordinary; any one; any old. `J. Random' is often prefixed to a noun to make a name out of it....
• delta: n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering).
  I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?...
• control-O: vi. "Stop talking." From the character used on some operating systems to abort output but allow the program to keep on running.
  Generally means that you are not interested in hearing anything more from that person, at least on that topic...