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• math-out: [poss. from `white-out' (the blizzard variety)] n.
  A paper or presentation so encrusted with mathematical or other formal notation as to be incomprehensible....
• ocial science number: [IBM] n. A statistic that is {content-free}, or nearly so.
  A measure derived via methods of questionable validity from data of a dubious and vague nature....
• ocial science number n. // [IBM] A statistic that is content-free, or nearly so.
  A measure derived via methods of questionable validity from data of a dubious and vague nature....
• umbers n. [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is running.
  May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc....
• umbers: [scientific computation] n. Output of a computation that may not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is running.
  May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc....
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....
• BNF /B-N-F/ n. 1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus Normal Form' (often incorrectly expanded as `Backus-Naur Form')
  a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax of programming languages, command sets, and the like....
• pamblock /spam'blok/ n. [poss. by analogy to sunblock] Text inserted in an email address to render it invalid and thus useless to spammers.
  For example, the address `jrandom@hacker.org' might be transformed to `jrandom@NOSPAM....
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  Numbers written on restaurant checks within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe....