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• var /veir/ or /var/ n. Short for `variable'. Compare arg, param.
• parm /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of param.
  This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
• parm: /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}.
  This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
• arg /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano' from `pianoforte').
  The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args....
• arg: /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano' from `pianoforte').
  The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args....
• et.police: /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those USENET readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and {flame} any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of {netiquette}.
  Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also spelled `net police'....
• et.police /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette.
  Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also spelled `net police'....
• PBD /P-B-D/ n. [abbrev. of `Programmer Brain Damage'] Applied to bug reports revealing places where the program was obviously broken by an incompetent or short-sighted programmer.
  Compare UBD; see also brain-damaged....
• ickle /ni'kl/ n. [from `nickel', common name for the U.
  S. 5-cent coin] A nybble + 1; 5 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM....