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• drain: [IBM] v. Syn. for {flush} (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about i
  one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• flush v. 1. [common] To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation.
  All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [Unix/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an fflush(3) call....
• flush: v. 1. To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation.
  All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [UNIX/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an `fflush(3)' call....
• engine n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of front end.
  Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer....
• engine: n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}.
  Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer....
• cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a "cycle junkie").
  One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
• cycle 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper described himself as a "cycle junkie").
  One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
• hardwired adj. 1. In software, syn. for hardcoded.
  2. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customizable to one's particular needs or tastes....
• hardwired: adj. 1. In software, syn. for {hardcoded}.
  2. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customizable to one's particular needs or tastes....