despew /d*-spyoo'/ v.
[Usenet] To automatically generate
a large amount of garbage to the net, esp. from an automated
posting program gone wild. See ARMM.
[Usenet] To automatically generate
a large amount of garbage to the net, esp. from an automated
posting program gone wild. See ARMM.
Related:
- despew: /d*-spyoo'/ [USENET] v. To automatically generate a
large amount of garbage to the net,
esp. from an automated posting program gone wild... - ARMM n.
[acronym, `Automated Retroactive Minimal
Moderation'] A Usenet cancelbot created by Dick Depew of Munroe Falls,
Ohio. ARMM was intended to automatically cancel posts... - spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
Circus"] 1.
To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer... - lint: [from UNIX's `lint(1)', named for the bits of fluff it
supposedly picks from programs] 1.
vt. To examine a program closely for style, language... - lint
[from Unix's lint(1), named for the bits of
fluff it supposedly picks from programs] 1.
vt. To examine a program closely for style, language... - prettyprint: /prit'ee-print/ (alt. `pretty-print') v.
1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from... - prettyprint /prit'ee-print/ v.
(alt. `pretty-print')
1.
To generate `pretty' human-readable output from a hairy... - kiboze v.
[Usenet] To grep the Usenet news for a string,
especially with the intention of posting a follow-up... - infinite adj.
[common] Consisting of a large number of
objects;
extreme. Used very loosely as in: "This program produces...
From the same category:
- buffer overflow n.
What happens when you try to stuff
more data into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle.
This problem is commonly exploited by crackers to... - barfmail n.
Multiple bounce messages accumulating to
the level of serious annoyance,
or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an... - bit bang n.
Transmission of data on a serial line,
when accomplished by rapidly tweaking a single output... - massage vt.
[common] Vague term used to describe
`smooth' transformations of a data set into a different form,
esp. transformations that do not lose information.... - video toaster n.
Historically, an Amiga running
LightWave and fitted out with a particular line of special
video-display hardware from NewTek -
long a popular platform at special-effects...
