file signature n.
A magic number, sense 3.
A magic number, sense 3.
Related:
- file signature: n. A {magic number}, sense 3.
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The AI Hackers... - magic number n.
[Unix/C; common] 1. In source code,
some non-obvious constant whose value is significant... - black magic: n. A technique that works, though nobody really
understands why.
More obscure than {voodoo programming}, which may... - This is a test signature file. If this had been a real signature file,
you would have been directed to the nearest signature... - splash screen n.
[Mac users] Syn. banner,
sense 3... - magic
1. adj. As yet unexplained, or too complicated to
explain;
compare automagically and (Arthur C.) Clarke's Third... - profile n.
1. A control file for a program, esp.
a text file automatically read from each user's... - sync /sink/ n., vi.
(var. `synch') 1. To synchronize,
to bring into synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To force... - sync: /sink/ (var. `synch') n., vi. 1. To synchronize,
to bring into synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To...
From the same category:
- lose lose interj.
A reply to or comment on an undesirable
situation.
"I accidentally deleted all my files!" "Lose, lose... - grunge /gruhnj/ n.
1. That which is grungy, or that which
makes it so.
2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to ... - screen n.
[Atari ST demoscene] One demoeffect
or one screenful of them.
Probably comes from old Sierra-style adventures... - cat [from `catenate' via Unix cat(1)] vt.
1. [techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or some other
output sink without pause.
2. By extension, to dump large amounts of data at... - White Book n.
1. Syn. K&R. 2. Adobe's fourth book in
the PostScript series,
describing the previously-secret format of Type...
