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• Knuth: /knooth/ [Donald E. Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming"] n.
  Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms....
• Knuth /ka-nooth'/ n. [Donald E. Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming"] Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms.
  A safe answer when you do not know: "I think you can find that in Knuth....
• TeX /tekh/ n. An extremely powerful macro-based text formatter written by Donald E.
  Knuth, very popular in the computer-science community (it is good enough to have displaced Unix troff, the other favored formatter, even at many Unix installations)....
• MATH MAJORS do it by example
• ACK /ak/ interj. 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!...
• ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
• lop n. 1. A one-sided fudge factor, that is, an allowance for error but in only one of two directions.
  For example, if you need a piece of wire 10 feet long and have to guess when you cut it, you make very sure to cut it too long, by a large amount if necessary, rather than too short by even a little bit, because you can always cut off the slop but you can't paste it back on again....
• lop: n. 1. A one-sided {fudge factor}, that is, an allowance for error but in only one of two directions.
  For example, if you need a piece of wire 10 feet long and have to guess when you cut it, you make very sure to cut it too long, by a large amount if necessary, rather than too short by even a little bit, because you can always cut off the slop but you can't paste it back on again....
• How come when you mix water and flour together you get glue .
  .. and then you add eggs and sugar and you get cake? Where does the glue go? -- Rita Rudne...