sunspots n.
1. Notional cause of an odd error. "Why did
the program suddenly turn the screen blue?" "Sunspots, I
guess." 2. Also the cause of bit rot -- from the myth that
sunspots will increase cosmic rays, which can flip single bits
in memory. See also phase of the moon.
1. Notional cause of an odd error. "Why did
the program suddenly turn the screen blue?" "Sunspots, I
guess." 2. Also the cause of bit rot -- from the myth that
sunspots will increase cosmic rays, which can flip single bits
in memory. See also phase of the moon.
Related:
- sunspots: n. 1. Notional cause of an odd error. "Why did the
program suddenly turn the screen blue?" "Sunspots,
I guess." 2. Also the cause of {bit rot} --- from... - cosmic rays n.
Notionally, the cause of bit rot.
However, this is a semi-independent usage that may... - bit rot n.
[common] Also bit decay. Hypothetical
disease the existence of which has been deduced from the
observation that unused programs or features will often stop
working after sufficient time has passed,
even if `nothing has changed'. The theory explains... - bit rot: n. Also {bit decay}. Hypothetical disease the existence
of which has been deduced from the observation that unused programs
or features will often stop working after sufficient time has
passed,
even if `nothing has changed'. The theory explains... - flag n.
[very common] A variable or quantity that can
take on one of two values;
a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate... - flag: n. A variable or quantity that can take on one of two
values;
a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one... - spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
Circus"] 1.
To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer... - bit bucket n.
[very common] 1. The universal data sink
(originally,
the mythical receptacle used to catch bits when they... - ad-hockery /ad-hok'*r-ee/ n.
[Purdue] 1. Gratuitous
assumptions made inside certain programs,
esp. expert systems, which lead to the appearance...
