rape vt.
1. To screw someone or something, violently;
in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably.
Often used in describing file-system damage. "So-and-so was
running a program that did absolute disk I/O and ended up raping
the master directory." 2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts.
3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site.
"Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory."
1. To screw someone or something, violently;
in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably.
Often used in describing file-system damage. "So-and-so was
running a program that did absolute disk I/O and ended up raping
the master directory." 2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts.
3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site.
"Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory."
Related:
- ape: vt. 1. To {screw} someone or something, violently
in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably.... - uke /n[y]ook/ vt.
[common] 1. To intentionally
delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume.
"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem.... - uke: /n[y]ook/ vt. 1. To intentionally delete the entire
contents of a given directory or storage volume.
On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem.... - FTP /F-T-P/, not /fit'ip/
1. [techspeak] n. The
File Transfer Protocol for transmitting files between systems on
the Internet.
2. vt. To beam a file using the File Transfer Protocol.... - File Request [FidoNet]
1. n. The FidoNet equivalent of
FTP, in which one FidoNet system automatically dials another and
snarfs one or more files.
Often abbreviated `FReq'; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet.... - File Request: [FidoNet] 1. n. The {FidoNet} equivalent of
{FTP}, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and
{snarf}s one or more files.
Often abbreviated `FReq'; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet.... - crunch 1. vi.
To process, usually in a time-consuming or
complicated way.
Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is nonetheless painful to perform.... - crunch: 1. vi. To process, usually in a time-consuming or
complicated way.
Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is nonetheless painful to perform.... - profile n.
1. A control file for a program, esp.
a text file automatically read from each user's home directory and intended to be easily modified by the user in order to customize the program's behavior....
