eyeball search n.,v.
To look for something in a mass of
code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to
using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any
other automated search tool. Also called a vgrep; compare
vdiff, desk check.
To look for something in a mass of
code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to
using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any
other automated search tool. Also called a vgrep; compare
vdiff, desk check.
Related:
- eyeball search n.,v.
To look for something in a mass of
code or data with one's own native optical sensors,
as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching... - desk check n.,v.
To grovel over hardcopy of source
code,
mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching... - desk check: n.,v. To {grovel} over hardcopy of source code,
mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching... - vgrep /vee'grep/ v.,n.
Visual grep. The operation of
finding patterns in a file optically rather than digitally (also
called an `optical grep').
See grep; compare vdiff... - vgrep: /vee'grep/ v.,n. Visual grep. The operation of finding
patterns in a file optically rather than digitally (also called an
`optical grep').
See {grep}; compare {vdiff}. -- The AI Hackers... - vdiff: /vee'dif/ v.,n. Visual diff. The operation of finding
differences between two files by {eyeball search}.
The term `optical diff' has also been reported,... - vdiff /vee'dif/ v.,n.
Visual diff. The operation of
finding differences between two files by eyeball search.
The term `optical diff' has also been reported,... - grep /grep/ vi.
[from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p,
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally... - grep: /grep/ [from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p ,
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally...
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- macrology /mak-rol'*-jee/ n.
1. Set of usually complex or
crufty macros,
e.g., as part of a large system written in LISP... - Gosperism /gos'p*r-izm/ n.
A hack, invention, or
saying due to elder days arch-hacker R.
William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own... - tarball n.
[very common; prob. based on the "tar
baby" in the Uncle Remus folk tales] An archive,
created with the Unix tar(1) utility, containing... - trash vt.
To destroy the contents of (said of a data
structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including... - overclock /oh'vr-klok'/ vt.
To operate a CPU or other
digital logic device at a rate higher than it was designed for,
under the assumption that the manufacturer put some...
