runes pl.n.
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry
or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or
code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as
bad as line noise, but close. Compare casting the run
Great Runes. 2. Special display characters (for example, the
high-half graphics on an IBM PC). 3. [borderline techspeak]
16-bit characters from the Unicode multilingual character set.
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry
or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or
code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as
bad as line noise, but close. Compare casting the run
Great Runes. 2. Special display characters (for example, the
high-half graphics on an IBM PC). 3. [borderline techspeak]
16-bit characters from the Unicode multilingual character set.
Related:
- runes: pl.n. 1. Anything that requires {heavy wizardry} or
{black art} to {parse}:
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language... - frogging [University of Waterloo] v.
1. Partial corruption
of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - frogging: [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a
text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - ANSI /an'see/
1. n. [techspeak] The American National
Standards Institute.
ANSI, along with the International Organization ... - examining the entrails n.
The process of grovelling
through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the
bug that brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divination from the entrails... - one-liner wars: n. A game popular among hackers who code in the
language APL (see {write-only language} and {line noise}).
The objective is to see who can code the most interesting... - line noise n.
1. [techspeak] Spurious characters due to
electrical noise in a communications link,
especially an RS-232 serial connection. Line noise... - line noise: n. 1. [techspeak] Spurious characters due to
electrical noise in a communications link,
especially an RS-232 serial connection. Line noise... - examining the entrails: n. The process of {grovel}ling through
a {core dump} or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that
brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divination from the entrails...
From the same category:
- BRS /B-R-S/ n.
Syn. Big Red Switch.
This abbreviation is fairly common on-line... - scary devil monastery n.
Anagram frequently used to
refer to the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery,
which is populated with characters that rather justify... - hot chat n.
Sexually explicit one-on-one chat.
See teledildonics... - hand cruft vt.
[pun on `hand craft'] See cruft,
sense 3... - gribble n.
Random binary data rendered as unreadable
text.
Noise characters in a data stream are displayed as...
