- Zero-One-Infinity Rule prov.
"Allow none of foo,
one of foo, or any number of foo." A rule of thumb... - zeroth /zee'rohth/ adj.
First. Among software designers,
comes from C's and LISP's 0-based indexing of arrays... - zigamorph /zig'*-morf/ n.
1. Hex FF (11111111) when
used as a delimiter or fence character.
Usage: primarily at IBM shops. 2. [proposed] n... - zip vt.
[primarily MS-DOS] To create a compressed archive
from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible
archiver.
Its use is spreading now that portable implementations... - zipperhead n.
[IBM] A person with a closed mind... - zombie n.
[Unix] A process that has died but has not yet
relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process
hasn't executed a wait(2) for it yet).
These can be seen in ps(1)... - zorch /zorch/
1. [TMRC] v. To attack with an inverse heat
sink.
2. [TMRC] v. To travel, with v approaching c [that... - Zork /zork/ n.
The second of the great early experiments
in computer fantasy gaming;
see ADVENT. Originally written on MIT-DM during... - zorkmid /zork'mid/ n.
The canonical unit of currency in
hacker-written games.
This originated in Zork but has spread to nethack...
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