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This is an asterisk *! This is an asterisk on drugs @! Any questions?
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Prenuptial agreement: An "I do" with an asterisk.
This is a Tribble -> * This is a Tribble on drugs -> + Any questions?
This is a positronic brain on drugs. <*CRACKLE*> Any questions?
This is your brain: UNIX This is your brain on drugs: MS-DOS Any questions?
Nathan Hale n. An asterisk (see also splat, ASCII).
Oh, you want an etymology? Notionally, from "I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country!...
An author owned an asterisk And kept it in his den Where he wrote tales which had large sales Of erring maids and me
And always, when he reached the point Where carping censors lurk, He called upon the asterisk To do his dirty work!...
ar out v. [University of York, England] To replace a user's encrypted password in /etc/passwd with a single asterisk.
Under Unix this is not a legal encryption of any password...
UN*X n. Used to refer to the Unix operating system (a trademark of AT&
T) in writing, but avoiding the need for the ugly (TM) typography....
UN*X: n. Used to refer to the UNIX operating system (a trademark of AT&T) in writing, but avoiding the need for the ugly {(TM)} typography.
Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems....