examining the entrails n.
The process of grovelling
through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the
bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to
divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare
runes, incantation, black art
The process of grovelling
through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the
bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to
divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare
runes, incantation, black art
Related:
- examining the entrails: n. The process of {grovel}ling through
a {core dump} or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that
brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divination from the entrails... - casting the runes: n. What a {guru} does when you ask him or
her to run a particular program and type at it because it never
works for anyone else;
esp. used when nobody can ever see what the guru... - dump n.
1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information
about a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - dump: n. 1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about
a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - hyperspace /hi:'per-spays/ n.
A memory location that is
far away from where the program counter should be pointing,
especially a place that is inaccessible because it... - chase pointers: 1. vi. To go through multiple levels of
indirection,
as in traversing a linked list or graph structure.... - runes pl.n.
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry
or black art to parse:
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language... - hyperspace: /hi:'per-spays/ n. A memory location that is *far*
away from where the program counter should be pointing,
often inaccessible because it is not even mapped... - runes: pl.n. 1. Anything that requires {heavy wizardry} or
{black art} to {parse}:
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language...
From the same category:
- HP-SUX /H-P suhks/ n.
Unflattering hackerism for
HP-UX,
Hewlett-Packard's Unix port, which features some truly... - drugged adj.
(also `on drugs') 1. Conspicuously stupid,
heading toward brain-damaged. Often accompanied by... - White Book n.
1. Syn. K&R. 2. Adobe's fourth book in
the PostScript series,
describing the previously-secret format of Type... - RTFAQ /R-T-F-A-Q/ imp.
[Usenet: primarily written,
by analogy with RTFM] Abbrev. for `Read the FAQ... - desk check n.,v.
To grovel over hardcopy of source
code,
mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching...
