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• pam vt.,vi.,n. [from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"] 1.
  To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data....
• ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
  . Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the presence and alertness of another....
• BOFH // n. [common] Acronym, Bastard Operator From Hell.
  A system administrator with absolutely no tolerance for lusers....
• LART // Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. 1. n.
  In the collective mythos of scary devil monastery, this is an essential item in the toolkit of every BOFH....
• piffy /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface.
  Have you seen the spiffy X version of empire yet?...
• piffy: /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface.
  Have you seen the spiffy {X} version of {empire} yet?...
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....
• wedged adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help.
  This is different from having crashed. If the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning....
• New Jersey: [primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] adj.
  Brain-damaged or of poor design. This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such software as C, C++, and UNIX (which originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey)....