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• alt mines: n. Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years.
  Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare {playpen}, {sandbox}....
• playpen: [IBM] n. A room where programmers work. Compare {salt mines}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• playpen n. [IBM] A room where programmers work. Compare salt mines.
• andbox: n. 1. (also `sandbox, the') Common term for the R&D department at many software and computer companies (where hackers in commercial environments are likely to be found).
  Half-derisive, but reflects the truth that research is a form of creative play....
• yntactic salt: n. The opposite of {syntactic sugar}, a feature designed to make it harder to write bad code.
  Specifically, syntactic salt is a hoop the programmer must jump through just to prove that he knows what's going on, rather than to express a program action....
• agware: /nag'weir/ [USENET] n. The variety of {shareware} that displays a large screen at the beginning or end reminding you to registe
  ypically requiring some sort of keystroke to continue so that you can't use the software in batch mode....
• yntactic salt n. The opposite of syntactic sugar, a feature designed to make it harder to write bad code.
  Specifically, syntactic salt is a hoop the programmer must jump through just to prove that he knows what's going on, rather than to express a program action....
• eturn from the dead: v. To regain access to the net after a long absence.
  Compare {person of no account}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• moria: /mor'ee-*/ n. Like {nethack} and {rogue}, one of the large PD Dungeons-and-Dragons-like simulation games, available for a wide range of machines and operating systems.
  The name is from Tolkien's Mines of Moria; compare {elder days}, {elvish}....