LDB /l*'d*b/ vt.
[from the PDP-10 instruction set] To
extract from the middle. "LDB me a slice of cake, please." This
usage has been kept alive by Common LISP's function of the same
name. Considered silly. See also DPB.
[from the PDP-10 instruction set] To
extract from the middle. "LDB me a slice of cake, please." This
usage has been kept alive by Common LISP's function of the same
name. Considered silly. See also DPB.
Related:
- LDB: /l*'d*b/ [from the PDP-10 instruction set] vt.
To extract from the middle. "LDB me a slice of... - DPB: /d*-pib'/ [from the PDP-10 instruction set] vt.
To plop something down in the middle. Usage: silly... - DPB /d*-pib'/ vt.
[from the PDP-10 instruction set] To
plop something down in the middle.
Usage: silly. "DPB yourself into that couch there... - PDP-10: [Programmed Data Processor model 10] n. The machine that
made timesharing real.
It looms large in hacker folklore because of its... - cdr /ku'dr/ or /kuh'dr/ vt.
[from LISP] To skip past
the first item from a list of things (generalized from the LISP
operation on binary tree structures,
which returns a list consisting of all but the first... - 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... - cat: [from `catenate' via {{UNIX}} `cat(1)'] vt.
1.
[techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or... - PDP-10 n.
[Programmed Data Processor model 10] The
machine that made timesharing real.
It looms large in hacker folklore because of its... - cdr: /ku'dr/ or /kuh'dr/ [from LISP] vt. To skip past the
first item from a list of things (generalized from the LISP
operation on binary tree structures,
which returns a list consisting of all but the first...
From the same category:
- reinvent the wheel v.
To design or implement a tool
equivalent to an existing one or part of one,
with the implication that doing so is silly or a... - check n.
A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly
used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than
software-induced traps.
E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a... - dinosaurs mating n.
Said to occur when yet another
big iron merger or buyout occurs;
reflects a perception by hackers that these signal... - stealth manager n.
[Corporate DP] A manager that appears
out of nowhere,
promises undeliverable software to unknown end users... - gunch /guhnch/ vt.
[TMRC] To push, prod, or poke at a
device that has almost (but not quite) produced the desired result.
Implies a threat to mung...
