blow away vt.
To remove (files and directories) from
permanent storage, generally by accident. "He reformatted the
wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews." Oppose
nuke.
To remove (files and directories) from
permanent storage, generally by accident. "He reformatted the
wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews." Oppose
nuke.
Related:
- blow away: vt. To remove (files and directories) from permanent
storage,
generally by accident. "He reformatted the wrong ... - nuke: /n[y]ook/ vt. 1. To intentionally delete the entire
contents of a given directory or storage volume.
"On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the... - nuke /n[y]ook/ vt.
[common] 1. To intentionally
delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume.
"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr... - They blew the Bronx
away. . ... - blow past vt.
To blow out despite a safeguard.
"The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer... - blow past: vt. To {blow out} despite a safeguard. "The server blew
past the 5K reserve buffer."
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The AI Hackers... - GFR /G-F-R/ vt.
[ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and
LISP Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage... - GFR: /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP
Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage... - true-hacker n.
[analogy with `trufan' from SF fandom] One
who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture,
esp. competence and helpfulness to other hackers...
From the same category:
- GC /G-C/
[from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I... - post v.
To send a message to a mailing list or
newsgroup.
Distinguished in context from `mail'; one might ... - puff vt.
To decompress data that has been crunched by
Huffman coding.
At least one widely distributed Huffman decoder ... - propeller key n.
[Mac users] See feature key... - wheel of reincarnation
[coined in a paper by T.
H. Myer and I.E. Sutherland "On the Design of Display...
