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• harchive /shar'ki:v/ n. [Unix and Usenet; from /bin/sh archive] A flattened representation of a set of one or more file
  with the unique property that it can be unflattened (the original files restored) by feeding it through a standard Unix shell...
• harchive: /shar'ki:v/ [UNIX and USENET; from /bin/sh archive] n.
  A {flatten}ed representation of a set of one or more files, with the unique property that it can be unflattened (the original files restored) by feeding it through a standard UNIX shell...
• magic number n. [Unix/C; common] 1. In source code
  some non-obvious constant whose value is significant to the operation of a program and that is inserted inconspicuously in-line (hardcoded), rather than expanded in by a symbol set by a commented #define....
• 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....
• plumbing n. [Unix] Term used for shell code, so called because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the input of another.
  Under Unix, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file grinding encapsulated in a shell scrip...
• plumbing: [UNIX] n. Term used for {shell} code, so called because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the input of another.
  Under UNIX, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file grinding encapsulated in a shell scrip...
• fork bomb: [UNIX] n. A particular species of {wabbit} that can be written in one line of C (`main() {for(
  )fork();}') or shell (`$0 & $0 &') on any UNIX system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
• fork bomb n. [Unix] A particular species of wabbit that can be written in one line of C (main() {for(
  )fork();}) or shell ($0 & $0 &) on any Unix system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
• 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....