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• cascade n. 1. A huge volume of spurious error-message output produced by a compiler with poor error recovery.
  Too frequently, one trivial syntax error (such as a missing `)' or `}') throws the parser out of synch so that much of the remaining program text is interpreted as garbaged or ill-formed....
• hello, world: interj. 1. The canonical minimal test message in the C/UNIX universe.
  2. Any of the minimal programs that emit this message....
• by hand: adv. 1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive
  trivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through....
• One trivial mistake in syntax can cause hundreds of embarrassing error messages.
• ool: 1. n. A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program.
  Oppose {app}, {operating system}. 2. [UNIX] An application program with a simple, `transparent' (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see {filter}, {plumbing})....
• can't happen: The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative.
  Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty algorithm...
• hello world interj. 1. The canonical minimal test message in the C/Unix universe.
  2. Any of the minimal programs that emit this message....
• oy program: n. 1. One that can be readily comprehended
  hence, a trivial program (compare {noddy}). 2....
• program: n. 1. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.
  2. An exercise in experimental epistemology. 3....