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• proglet /prog'let/ n. [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an immediate, transient need.
  Often written in BASIC, rarely more than a dozen lines long, and containing no subroutines....
• oddy: /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] adj.
  1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point....
• oddy /nod'ee/ adj. [UK: from the children's books] 1.
  Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system....
• oy program: n. 1. One that can be readily comprehended
  hence, a trivial program (compare {noddy}). 2....
• SMOP: /S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] n.
  1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is significantly greater than its complexity....
• lop: n. 1. A one-sided {fudge factor}, that is, an allowance for error but in only one of two directions.
  For example, if you need a piece of wire 10 feet long and have to guess when you cut it, you make very sure to cut it too long, by a large amount if necessary, rather than too short by even a little bit, because you can always cut off the slop but you can't paste it back on again....
• anity check: n. 1. The act of checking a piece of code (or anything else, e.
  g., a USENET posting) for completely stupid mistakes....
• oy program n. 1. One that can be readily comprehended
  hence, a trivial program (compare noddy). 2. One for which the effort of initial coding dominates the costs through its life cycle....
• finn: [IRC] v. To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on {IRC}.
  The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987....