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Blargh: /blarg/ [MIT] N. The Opposite Of {ping}, Sense 5
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:blargh: /blarg/ [MIT] n. The opposite of {ping}, sense 5; an
exclamation indicating that one has absorbed or is emitting a
quantum of unhappiness. Less common than {ping}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
blargh /blarg/ n. [MIT; now common] The opposite of ping, sense 5
an exclamation indicating that one has absorbed or is emitting a quantum of unhappiness....
ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
. Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the presence and alertness of another....
ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
bomb: 1. v. General synonym for {crash} (sense 1) except that it is not used as a nou
esp. used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb....
MOTOS: /moh-tohs/ [acronym from the 1970 U.S. census forms via USENET
Member Of The Opposite Sex] n. A potential or (less often) actual sex partner....
CTY: /sit'ee/ or /C-T-Y/ n. [MIT] The terminal physically associated with a computer's system {{console}}.
The term is a contraction of `Console {tty}', that is, `Console TeleTYpe'....
meatware: n. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
bang: 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001), especially when used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish.
In {elder days} this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring {excl} or {shriek}...
ACK /ak/ interj. 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!...