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• AI /A-I/ n. Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so common that the full form is almost never written or spoken among hackers.
• abbrev: /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ n. Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.
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• parm: /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}.
  This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
• RE: /R-E/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for {regexp}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• gen: /jen/ n.,v. Short for {generate}, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts.
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• amper: n. Common abbreviation for the name of the ampersand (`&', ASCII 0100110) character.
  See {{ASCII}} for other synonyms. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• BRS: /B-R-S/ n. Syn. {Big Red Switch}. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line.
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• udel: n. Common (spoken) name for the at-sign (`@', ASCII 1000000) character.
  See {ASCII} for other synonyms. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• hat: n. Common (spoken) name for the circumflex (`^', ASCII 1011110) character.
  See {ASCII} for other synonyms. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...