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• William Safire's Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive.
  The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form....
• excl /eks'kl/ n. Abbreviation for `exclamation point'. See bang, shriek, ASCII.
• cokebottle /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it isn't on your keyboard.
  MIT people used to complain about the `control-meta-cokebottle' commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained right back about the `escape-escape-cokebottle' commands at MIT....
• cokebottle: /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it it isn't on your keyboard.
  MIT people used to complain about the `control-meta-cokebottle' commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained right back about the `{altmode}-altmode-cokebottle' commands at MIT....
• 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. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!...