- balloonian variable n.
[Commodore users; perh. a deliberate
phonetic mangling of `boolean variable'?] Any variable that
doesn't actually hold or control state
but must nevertheless be ... - bamf /bamf/
1. [from X-Men comics; originally "bampf"]
interj
Notional sound made by a person or object teleporting... - banana label n.
The labels often used on the sides of
macrotape reels
so called because they are shaped roughly like blunt... - banana problem n.
[from the story of the little girl who
said "I know how to spell `banana'
but I don't know when to stop"]. Not knowing where... - binary four n.
[Usenet] The finger, in the sense of
`digitus impudicus'
This comes from an analogy between binary and the... - bandwidth n.
1. [common] Used by hackers (in a
generalization of its technical meaning) as the volume of
information per unit time that a computer
person, or transmission medium can... - bang
1. n. Common spoken name for ! (ASCII 0100001)
especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in... - bang on vt.
To stress-test a piece of hardware or software
I banged on the new version of the simulator all day... - bang path n.
[now historical] An old-style UUCP
electronic-mail address specifying hops to get from some
assumed-reachable location to the addressee
so called because each hop is... - banner n.
1. The title page added to printouts by most
print spoolers (see spool)
Typically includes user or account ID information...
