berklix /berk'liks/ n.,adj.
[contraction of `Berkeley
Unix'] See BSD. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more
common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than
among hackers, who usually just say `BSD'.
[contraction of `Berkeley
Unix'] See BSD. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more
common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than
among hackers, who usually just say `BSD'.
Related:
- berklix: /berk'liks/ n.,adj. [contraction of `Berkeley UNIX'] See
{BSD}.
Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more common among... - BSD: Unix with Berkeley enhancements.
LSD:
Reality with Berkeley enhancements... - Berzerkeley: /b*r-zer'klee/ [from `berserk', via the name of a
now-deceased record label] n.
Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp. to refer... - Berzerkeley /b*r-zer'klee/ n.
[from `berserk', via
the name of a now-deceased record label;
poss. originated by famed columnist Herb Caen] Humorous... - Parts of this product may be derived
from UNIX and Berkeley 4.3 BSD systems.
Label on Solaris 2.x... - indent style n.
[C, C++, and Java programmers] The rules
one uses to indent code in a readable fashion.
There are four major C indent styles, described... - Stupids n.
Term used by samurai for the suits who
employ them;
succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common... - creeping featurism /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n.
[common] 1.
Describes a systematic tendency to load more chrome... - creeping featurism: /kree'ping fee'chr-izm/ n. 1. Describes a
systematic tendency to load more {chrome} and {feature}s onto
systems at the expense of whatever elegance they may have possessed
when originally designed.
See also {feeping creaturism}. "You know, the main...
From the same category:
- fudge factor n.
[common] A value or parameter that is
varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result.
The terms `tolerance' and slop are also used, though... - within epsilon of adj.
See epsilon... - quad n.
1. Two bits; syn. for quarter, crumb,
tayste.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare hex, sense 2)... - sitename /si:t'naym/ n.
[Unix/Internet] The unique
electronic name of a computer system,
used to identify it in UUCP mail, Usenet, or other... - Exon /eks'on/ excl.
A generic obscenity that quickly
entered wide use on the Internet and Usenet after Black Thursday.
From the last name o (Democrat-Nebraska), primary...
