RTFB /R-T-F-B/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking
Binary'. Used when neither documentation nor source for the
problem at hand exists, and the only thing to do is use some
debugger or monitor and directly analyze the assembler or even the
machine code. "No source for the buggy port driver? Aaargh! I
hate proprietary operating systems. Time to RTFB."
Of the various RTF? forms, `RTFB' is the least pejorative against
anyone asking a question for which RTFB is the answer; the anger
here is directed at the absence of both source and adequate
documentation.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking
Binary'. Used when neither documentation nor source for the
problem at hand exists, and the only thing to do is use some
debugger or monitor and directly analyze the assembler or even the
machine code. "No source for the buggy port driver? Aaargh! I
hate proprietary operating systems. Time to RTFB."
Of the various RTF? forms, `RTFB' is the least pejorative against
anyone asking a question for which RTFB is the answer; the anger
here is directed at the absence of both source and adequate
documentation.
Related:
- RTFB: /R-T-F-B/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Binary'.
Used when neither documentation nor source for the... - RTFS /R-T-F-S/
[Unix] 1. imp. Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Source'.
Variant form of RTFM, used when the problem at hand... - RTFM /R-T-F-M/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Manual'.
1. Used by gurus to brush off questions they consider... - RTFM: /R-T-F-M/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Manual'.
1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they consider... - UTSL: // [UNIX] n. On-line acronym for `Use the Source,
Luke' (a pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force... - UTSL // n.
[Unix] On-line acronym for `Use the
Source,
Luke' (a pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke... - back door n.
[common] A hole in the security of a
system deliberately left in place by designers or maintainers.
The motivation for such holes is not always sinister... - patch
1. n. A temporary addition to a piece of code,
usually as a quick-and-dirty remedy to an existing... - RTFS (Read the F#@% source
code)...
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sense 1... - rip v.
1. To extract the digital representation of a
piece of music from an audio CD.
Software that does this is often called a "CD ripper"... - snail vt.
To snail-mail something. "Snail me a copy
of those graphics,
will you... - PETSCII /pet'skee/ n. obs.
[abbreviation of PET ASCII] The variation (many... - followup n.
[common] On Usenet, a posting
generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a
reply,
which goes by email rather than being broadcast). ...
