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• wiggles n. [scientific computation] In solving partial differential equations by finite difference and similar method
  wiggles are sawtooth (up-down-up-down) oscillations at the shortest wavelength representable on the grid....
• blow up: vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable.
  Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go {nonlinear}....
• blow up vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable.
  Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear....
• pathological: adj. 1. [scientific computation] Used of a data set that is grossly atypical of normal expected input, esp.
  one that exposes a weakness or bug in whatever algorithm one is using....
• onlinear: adj. [scientific computation] 1. Behaving in an erratic and unpredictable fashio
  unstable. When used to describe the behavior of a machine or program, it suggests that said machine or program is being forced to run far outside of design specifications....
• pathological adj. 1. [scientific computation] Used of a data set that is grossly atypical of normal expected input, esp.
  one that exposes a weakness or bug in whatever algorithm one is using....
• If it's green or wiggles, it's biology. If it stinks, it's chemistry.
  If it doesn't work, it's physics....
• eats vs. scruffies: n. The label used to refer to one of the continuing {holy wars} in AI research.
  This conflict tangles together two separate issues....
• pretty pictures: n. [scientific computation] The next step up from {numbers}.
  Interesting graphical output from a program that may not have any sensible relationship to the system the program is intended to model....