buglix /buhg'liks/ n.
[uncommon] Pejorative term
referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier
severely buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but
without nearly so much venom. Compare AIDX, HP-SUX,
Nominal Semidestructor, Telerat,
[uncommon] Pejorative term
referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier
severely buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but
without nearly so much venom. Compare AIDX, HP-SUX,
Nominal Semidestructor, Telerat,
Related:
- buglix: /buhg'liks/ n. Pejorative term referring to {DEC}'s ULTRIX
operating system in its earlier *severely* buggy versions.
Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so... - Slowlaris /slo'-lahr-is/ n.
[Usenet; poss. from the
variety of sloth called a "slow loris".
The variant `Slowlartus' is also common, related... - Telerat: /tel'*-rat/ n. Unflattering hackerism for `Teleray',
a line of extremely losing terminals. Compare {AIDX}... - Internet Exploder
[very common] Pejorative hackerism for
Microsoft's "Internet Explorer" web browser (also "Internet
Exploiter").
Compare HP-SUX, AIDX, buglix Macintrash, Telerat, ScumOS... - HP-SUX /H-P suhks/ n.
Unflattering hackerism for
HP-UX,
Hewlett-Packard's Unix port, which features some truly... - HP-SUX: /H-P suhks/ n. Unflattering hackerism for HP-UX,
Hewlett-Packard's UNIX port, which features some truly... - Nominal Semidestructor: n. Soundalike slang for `National
Semiconductor',
found among other places in the 4.3BSD networking ... - AIDX /ayd'k*z/ n.
Derogatory term for IBM's perverted
version of Unix,
AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM ... - ScumOS: /skuhm'os/ or /skuhm'O-S/ n. Unflattering hackerism
for SunOS,
the UNIX variant supported on Sun Microsystems's UNIX...
From the same category:
- like nailing jelly to a tree adj.
Used to describe a task
thought to be impossible,
esp. one in which the difficulty arises from poor... - sneakernet /snee'ker-net/ n.
Term used (generally with
ironic intent) for transfer of electronic information by physically
carrying tape,
disks, or some other media from one machine to ... - bodysurf code n.
A program or segment of code written
quickly in the heat of inspiration without the benefit of formal
design or deep thought.
Like its namesake sport, the result is too... - defenestration n.
[mythically from a traditional Czech
assasination method,
via SF fandom] 1. Proper karmic retribution for... - MS-DOS /M-S-dos/ n.
[MicroSoft Disk Operating System] A
clone of CP/M for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by
hacker Tim Paterson at Seattle Computer Products,
who called the ...
