card walloper n.
An EDP programmer who grinds out batch
programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks.
Compare code grinder. See also punched card,
eighty-column mind.
An EDP programmer who grinds out batch
programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks.
Compare code grinder. See also punched card,
eighty-column mind.
Related:
- card walloper: n. An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs
that do stupid things like print people's paychecks.
Compare {code grinder}. See also {{punched card}}... - eighty-column mind n.
[IBM] The sort said to be possessed by
persons for whom the transition from punched card to tape was
traumatic (nobody has dared tell them about disks yet).
It is said that these people, including (according... - eighty-column mind: [IBM] n. The sort said to be possessed by
persons for whom the transition from {punched card} to tape was
traumatic (nobody has dared tell them about disks yet).
It is said that these people, including (according... - COBOL: /koh'bol/ [COmmon Business-Oriented Language] n.
(Synonymous with {evil}.) A weak, verbose, and flabby... - punched card:: alt. `punch card' [techspeak] n.obs.
The signature medium of computing's {Stone Age}... - code grinder n.
1. A suit-wearing minion of the sort
hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies to
implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable
horrors.
In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes... - code grinder: n. 1. A {suit}-wearing minion of the sort hired in
legion strength by banks and insurance companies to implement
payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors.
In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes... - BITNET: /bit'net/ [acronym: Because It's Time NETwork] n.
Everybody's least favorite piece of the network (see... - languages of choice: n. {C} and {LISP}. Nearly every
hacker knows one of these,
and most good ones are fluent in both. Smalltalk...
