OSU /O-S-U/ n. obs.
[TMRC] Acronym for Officially
Sanctioned User; a user who is recognized as such by the computer
authorities and allowed to use the computer above the objections of
the security monitor.
[TMRC] Acronym for Officially
Sanctioned User; a user who is recognized as such by the computer
authorities and allowed to use the computer above the objections of
the security monitor.
Related:
- priesthood n. obs.
[TMRC] The select group of system
managers responsible for the operation and maintenance of a batch
operated computer system.
On these computers, a user never had direct access... - acolyte n. obs.
[TMRC] An OSU privileged enough to submit data and... - trap
1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused
by some exceptional situation in the user program.
In most cases, the OS performs some action, then... - trap: 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by
some exceptional situation in the user program.
In most cases, the OS performs some action, then... - Are you a computer
friendly user... - USER, n.:
The word computer professionals use when they mean idiot.
Dave Barry, Claw Your Way to the... - USER, n.:
The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."
-
Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the... - user to computer ratio
too high... - user to computer ration
too low...
From the same category:
- DRECNET /drek'net/ n.
[from Yiddish/German `dreck',
meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking... - zero-content adj.
Syn.
content-free... - tunafish n.
In hackish lore, refers to the mutated
punchline of an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the
manual pages of tunefs(8) in the original BSD 4.2
distribution.
The joke... - GC /G-C/
[from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I... - break-even point n.
In the process of implementing a new
computer language,
the point at which the language is sufficiently ...
