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• cray instability n. 1. A shortcoming of a program or algorithm that manifests itself only when a large problem is being run on a powerful machine (see cray).
  Generally more subtle than bugs that can be detected in smaller problems running on a workstation or mini....
• floating point processor overflow
• AFP: Abnormalize Floating Poi
• It is a point of wisdom to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• fudge factor n. [common] A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
  The terms `tolerance' and slop are also used, though these usually indicate a one-sided leeway, such as a buffer that is made larger than necessary because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to be, and it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely for not having enough....
• fudge factor: n. A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
  The terms `tolerance' and {slop} are also used, though these usually indicate a one-sided leeway, such as a buffer that is made larger than necessary because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to be, and it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely for not having enough....
• Gosperism /gos'p*r-izm/ n. A hack, invention, or saying due to elder days arch-hacker R.
  William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them....
• Gosperism: /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R.
  William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them....
• One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
  -- William Hazli...