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• AI: /A-I/ n. Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so common that the full form is almost never written or spoken among hackers.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• parm: /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}.
  This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
• RE: /R-E/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for {regexp}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• abbrev: /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ n. Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• parm /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of param.
  This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
• doc: /dok/ n. Common spoken and written shorthand for `documentation'.
  Often used in the plural `docs' and in the construction `doc file' (i....
• egexp: /reg'eksp/ [UNIX] n. (alt. `regex' or `reg-ex') 1.
  Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular expression', one of the wildcard patterns used, e....
• gen: /jen/ n.,v. Short for {generate}, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• amper: n. Common abbreviation for the name of the ampersand (`&', ASCII 0100110) character.
  See {{ASCII}} for other synonyms. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...