studlycaps /stuhd'lee-kaps/ n.
A hackish form of
silliness similar to BiCapitalization for trademarks, but
applied randomly and to arbitrary text rather than to trademarks.
ThE oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe.
A hackish form of
silliness similar to BiCapitalization for trademarks, but
applied randomly and to arbitrary text rather than to trademarks.
ThE oRigiN and SigNificaNce of thIs pRacTicE iS oBscuRe.
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The act said to have been performed on
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Any particularly arbitrary or obscure
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result.
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changes.
Common in telephony circles because most operations... - case and paste: [from `cut and paste'] n. 1. The addition of a new
{feature} to an existing system by selecting the code from an
existing feature and pasting it in with minor changes.
Common in telephony circles because most operations...
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Said of a system that has demonstrated an
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One step below ... - de-rezz /dee-rez'/
[from `de-resolve' via the movie
"Tron"] (also `derez') 1.
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386BSD, the freeware port of
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Jolitz,
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[XEROX PARC] This phrase expands to:
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[Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System]
1.
A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the...
