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Defined As: Adj. In The Role Of, Usually In An Organization-chart Sense.
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:defined as: adj. In the role of, usually in an organization-chart
sense. "Pete is currently defined as bug prioritizer." Compare
{logical}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
defined as adj. In the role of, usually in an organization-chart sense.
Pete is currently defined as bug prioritizer." Compare logical....
legal: adj. Loosely used to mean `in accordance with all the relevant rules', esp.
in connection with some set of constraints defined by software....
Bohr bug: /bohr buhg/ [from quantum physics] n. A repeatable {bug}
one that manifests reliably under a possibly unknown but well-defined set of conditions....
platinum-iridium: adj. Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured.
Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris....
kluge around: vt. To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a {kluge}.
Compare {workaround}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
X: /X/ n. 1. Used in various speech and writing contexts (also in lowercase) in roughly its algebraic sense of `unknown within a set defined by context' (compare {N}).
Thus, the abbreviation 680x0 stands for 68000, 68010, 68020, 68030, or 68040, and 80x86 stands for 80186, 80286 80386 or 80486 (note that a UNIX hacker might write these as 680[0-4]0 and 80[1-4]86 or 680?...
lightweight: adj. Opposite of {heavyweight}; usually found in combining forms such as `lightweight process'.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
manged: /mahnjd/ [probably from the French `manger' or Italian `mangiare', to ea
perhaps influenced by English n. `mange', `mangy'] adj....
ailed to the wall: [like a trophy] adj. Said of a bug finally eliminated after protracted, and even heroic, effort.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...