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Jargon File
- batbelt n.
Many hackers routinely hang numerous devices
such as pagers,
cell-phones, personal organizers, leatherman
multitools...
- batch adj.
1. Non-interactive. Hackers use this somewhat
more loosely than the traditional technical definitions justify;
in
particular, switches on a normally interactive...
- bathtub curve n.
Common term for the curve (resembling an
end-to...
- baud /bawd/ n.
[simplified from its technical meaning]
n.
Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands...
- baud barf /bawd barf/ n.
The garbage one gets a
terminal (or terminal emulator) when using a modem connection with
some protocol setting (esp.
line speed) incorrect, or when
someone picks...
- baz /baz/ n.
1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functions:
F
FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also...
- bazaar n.,adj.
In 1997, after meditatating on the success
of Linux for three years,
the Jargon File's own editor ESR
wrote an analytical...
- bboard /bee'bord/ n.
[contraction of `bulletin board']
1.
Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of BBS systems...
- BBS /B-B-S/ n.
[common; abbreviation, `Bulletin Board
System'] An electronic bulletin board system;
that is, a message
database where people can log...
- BCPL // n.
[abbreviation, `Basic Combined Programming
Language') A programming language developed by Martin Richards in
Cambridge in 1967.
It is remarkable for its rich syntax, small size
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