Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*'
is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple
or Amiga), this condition is quite often the result of practicing
unsafe SEX. See virus, worm,
virgin.
SEX /seks/
[Sun Users' Group & elsewhere] n. 1. Software
EXchange. A technique invented by the blue-green algae hundreds of
millions of years ago to speed up their evolution, which had been
terribly slow up until then....
eplicator n.
Any construct that acts to produce copies of
itself his could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a
program (see quine, worm, wabbit,
virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life,
sense 1), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot....
eplicator: n. Any construct that acts to produce copies of
itself his could be a living organism, an idea (see {meme}), a
program (see {quine}, {worm}, {wabbit}, {fork bomb},
and {virus}), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see {life},
sense 1), or (speculatively) a robot or {nanobot}....
Amiga Persecution Complex n.
The disorder suffered by a
particularly egregious variety of bigo hose who believe
that the marginality of their preferred machine is the result of
some kind of industry-wide conspiracy (for without a conspiracy of
some kind, the eminent superiority of their beloved shining jewel
of a platform would obviously win over all, market pressures be
damned!...
