black magic n. [common] A technique that works, though nobody really understands why.

black magic n.

[common] A technique that works, though
nobody really understands why. More obscure than voodoo programming, which may be
black art, deep magic, and

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• black magic: n. A technique that works, though nobody really understands why.
  More obscure than {voodoo programming}, which may...
• voodoo programming: [from George Bush's "voodoo economics"] n.
  The use by guess or cookbook of an {obscure} or {hairy}...
• voodoo programming n. [from George Bush's "voodoo economics"] 1.
  The use by guess or cookbook of an obscure or hairy...
• black art n. [common] A collection of arcane, unpublished,
  and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed...
• black art: n. A collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular application or systems area (compare {black magic}).
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• deep magic n. [poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system,
  esp. one neither generally published nor available...
• deep magic: [poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] n.
  An awesomely arcane technique central to a program...
• magic: adj. 1. As yet unexplained, or too complicated to explain;
  compare {automagically} and (Arthur C.) Clarke's Third...
• magic 1. adj. As yet unexplained, or too complicated to explain;
  compare automagically and (Arthur C.) Clarke's Third...