- borken adj.
(also `borked') Common deliberate typo for `broken'... - bot n
[common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from
`robot'] 1.
An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On... - bot spot n.
[MUD] The user on a MUD with the longest
connect time.
Derives from the fact that bots on MUDS often stay... - bottom feeder n.
Syn. for slopsucker,
derived from the fishermen's and naturalists' term... - bottom-up implementation n.
Hackish opposite of the
techspeak term `top-down design'.
It has been received wisdom in most programming... - bounce v.
1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing
check] An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns
an error notification to the sender is said to `bounce'.
See ... - bounce message n.
[common] Notification message returned to sender... - boustrophedon n.
[from a Greek word for turning like an ox
while plowing] An ancient method of writing using alternate
left-to-right and right-to-left lines.
This term is actually ... - box n.
1. A computer; esp. in the construction `foo
box' where foo is some functional qualifier,
like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `Unix... - boxed comments n.
Comments (explanatory notes attached to
program instructions) that occupy several lines by themselves;
so called because in assembler and C code they are...
