red wire n.
[IBM] Patch wires installed by programmers who have
no business mucking with the hardware. It is said that the only
thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a
softy with a soldering iron.... Compare blue wire
yellow wire, purple wire.
[IBM] Patch wires installed by programmers who have
no business mucking with the hardware. It is said that the only
thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a
softy with a soldering iron.... Compare blue wire
yellow wire, purple wire.
Related:
- red wire n.
[IBM] Patch wires installed by programmers who have
no business mucking with the hardware.
It is said that the only thing more dangerous than... - blue wire: [IBM] n. Patch wires added to circuit boards at the factory to
correct design or fabrication problems.
These may be necessary if there hasn't been time... - purple wire n.
[IBM] Wire installed by Field Engineers to work
around problems discovered during testing or debugging.
These are called `purple wires' even when (as is... - purple wire: [IBM] n. Wire installed by Field Engineers to work
around problems discovered during testing or debugging.
These are called `purple wires' even when (as is... - blue wire n.
[IBM] Patch wires (esp. 30 AWG gauge)
added to circuit boards at the factory to correct design or
fabrication problems.
Blue wire is not necessarily blue, the term describes... - yellow wire: [IBM] n. Repair wires used when connectors
(especially ribbon connectors) got broken due to some schlemiel
pinching them,
or to reconnect cut traces after the FE mistakenly... - yellow wire n.
[IBM] Repair wires used when connectors
(especially ribbon connectors) got broken due to some schlemiel
pinching them,
or to reconnect cut traces after the FE mistakenly... - patch
1. n. A temporary addition to a piece of code,
usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing... - pink wire n.
[from the pink PTFE wire used in military
equipment] As blue wire,
but used in military applications. 2. vi. To add...
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- cancelbot /kan'sel-bot/
[Usenet: compound, cancel +
robot] 1.
Mythically, a robocanceller 2. In reality, most ... - room-temperature IQ quant.
[IBM] 80 or below (nominal room
temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit,
22 degrees Celsius). Used in describing the expected... - lamer n.
[prob. originated in skateboarder slang]
1.
Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common... - raster burn n.
Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of
looking at low-res,
poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, esp. graphics... - social science number n. //
[IBM] A statistic that is
content-free,
or nearly so. A measure derived via methods of ...
