plaid screen n.
[XEROX PARC] A `special effect' that
occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the
control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term
"salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar
origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of
an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects
deliberately as a display hack.
[XEROX PARC] A `special effect' that
occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the
control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term
"salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar
origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of
an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects
deliberately as a display hack.
Related:
- plaid screen: [XEROX PARC] n. A `special effect' that occurs
when certain kinds of {memory smash}es overwrite the control
blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display.
The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different... - MOUSE
Computer input device, named by some scientists at Xerox when they
were pissed out of their brains.
They also labelled the computer's display screen... - PARC n.
See XEROX PARC... - memory smash n.
[XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that
doesn't point to what you think it does.
This occasionally reduces your machine to a rubble... - munching squares n.
A display hack dating back to the
PDP-1 (ca.
1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which... - munching squares: n. A {display hack} dating back to the PDP-1
(ca.
1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which... - blit: /blit/ vt. 1. To copy a large array of bits from one part
of a computer's memory to another part,
particularly when the memory is being used to determine... - demoeffect n.
[demoscene] What among hackers is
called a display hack.
Classical effects include "plasma" (colorful mess)... - memory smash: [XEROX PARC] n. Writing through a pointer that
doesn't point to what you think it does.
This occasionally reduces your machine to a rubble...
From the same category:
- DDT /D-D-T/ n.
[from the insecticide
para-dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethene] 1.
Generic term for a program that assists in debugging... - post v.
To send a message to a mailing list or
newsgroup.
Distinguished in context from `mail'; one might ... - fix n.,v.
What one does when a problem has been reported too... - jiffy n.
1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on
your computer (see tick).
Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the U.S... - platinum-iridium adj.
Standard, against which all others of
the same category are measured.
Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever...
