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:upthread: adv. Earlier in the discussion (see {thread}), i.e.,
`above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also
{followup}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
upthread adv. Earlier in the discussion (see thread), i.
e., `above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also followup....
monstrosity: 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or system, esp.
one that is buggy or only marginally functional. 2....
marginally: adv. Slightly. "The ravs here are only marginally better than at Small Eating Place.
See {epsilon}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
oftwarily: /soft-weir'i-lee/ adv. In a way pertaining to software.
"The system is softwarily unreliable." The adjective **`softwary' is *not* used....
followup: n. On USENET, a {posting} generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by email rather than being broadcast).
Followups include the ID of the {parent message} in their heade...
quote chapter and verse: [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] v.
To cite a relevant excerpt from an appropriate {bible}....
ince time T equals minus infinity: adv. A long time ago
for as long as anyone can remember; at the time that some particular frob was first designed....
ano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] pref.
Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
infinite: adj. Consisting of a large number of objec
extreme. Used very loosely as in: "This program produces infinite garbage....