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Cube: N. 1. [short For `cubicle'] A Module In The Open-plan Offices Used At Many Programming Shops.
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:cube: n. 1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the open-plan
offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in
my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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cube: n. 1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops.
I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube)....
ip of the ice-cube: [IBM] n. The visible part of something small and insignificant.
Used as an ironic comment in situations where `tip of the iceberg' might be appropriate if the subject were at all important....
cubing: [parallel with `tubing'] vi. 1. Hacking on an IPSC (Intel Personal SuperComputer) hypercube.
Louella's gone cubing *again*!!" 2. Hacking Rubik's Cube or related puzzles, either physically or mathematically....
cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a "cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
quux: /kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri
oun form variously `quux' (plural `quuces', anglicized to `quuxes') and `quuxu' (genitive plural is `quuxuum', for four u-letters out of seven in all, using up all the `u' letters in Scrabble)....
Easiest Color to Solve on a Rubik's Cube: Black. Simply remove all the little colored stickers on the cube
and each of side of the cube will now be the original color of the plastic underneath -- black....
My mother is from Iceland and my father is from Cuba. I guess that makes me an Ice Cube.
programming fluid: n. 1. Coffee. 2. Cola. 3. Any caffeinacious stimulant.
Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs....
hex: n. 1. Short for {{hexadecimal}}, base 16. 2. A 6-pack of anything (compare {quad}, sense 2).
Neither usage has anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is appreciated and occasionally used by hackers....