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Wound Around The Axle: Adj. In An Infinite Loop. Often Used By Older Computer Types.
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:wound around the axle: adj. In an infinite loop. Often used by older
computer types.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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wound around the axle adj. In an infinite loop. Often used by older computer types.
eal: adj. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to {virtual} in any of its jargon senses.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
hirsute: adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
infinite: adj. Consisting of a large number of objec
extreme. Used very loosely as in: "This program produces infinite garbage....
ouristic: adj. Having the quality of a {tourist}. Often used as a pejorative, as in `losing touristic scum'.
Often spelled `turistic' or `turistik', so that phrase might be more properly rendered `lusing turistic scum'....
infinite loop: n. One that never terminates (that is, the machine {spin}s or {buzz}es forever and goes {catatonic}).
There is a standard joke that has been made about each generation's exemplar of the ultra-fast machine...
loop through: vt. To process each element of a list of things.
"Hold on, I've got to loop through my paper mail....
generate: vt. To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program.
The opposite of {parse}. This term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when used of human behavior....
legal: adj. Loosely used to mean `in accordance with all the relevant rules', esp.
in connection with some set of constraints defined by software....