- blue goo n.
Term for `police' nanobots intended to
prevent gray goo,
denature hazardous waste, destroy pollution, put... - Blue Screen of Death n.
[common] This term is closely
related to the older Black Screen of Death but much more
common (many non-hackers have picked it up).
Due to the extreme fragility... - blue wire n.
[IBM] Patch wires (esp. 30 AWG gauge)
added to circuit boards at the factory to correct design or
fabrication problems.
Blue wire is not necessarily blue, the term describes... - blurgle /bler'gl/ n.
[UK] Spoken metasyntactic variable,
to indicate some text that is obvious from c which... - BNF /B-N-F/ n.
1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus
Normal Form' (often incorrectly expanded as `Backus-Naur
Form'),
a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax... - boa [IBM] n.
Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the
floor in a dinosaur pen.
Possibly so called because they display a ferocious... - board n.
1. In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes
used even for Usenet newsgroups (but see usage note under
bboard,
sense 1). 2. An electronic circuit board... - boat anchor n.
[common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop
but more severe;
implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly... - bob n.
At Demon Internet, all tech support personal are
called "Bob".
(Female support personnel have an option on "Bobette")... - bodysurf code n.
A program or segment of code written
quickly in the heat of inspiration without the benefit of formal
design or deep thought.
Like its namesake sport, the result is too...
