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Jargon File
- bug-for-bug compatible n.
Same as bug-compatible,
with
the additional implication that much tedious...
- bug-of-the-month club n.
[from "book-of-the-month
club",
a time-honored mail-order-marketing technique in the...
- buglix /buhg'liks/ n.
[uncommon] Pejorative term
referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier
severely buggy versions.
Still used to describe ULTRIX, but
without nearly...
- bulletproof adj.
Used of an algorithm or implementation
considered extremely robust;
lossage-resistant; capable of
correctly recovering...
- bum
1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or
space,
often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum...
- bump vt.
Synonym for increment. Has the same meaning as
C's ++ operator.
Used esp. of counter variables, pointers, and
index...
- burble v.
[from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like
flame,
but connotes that the source is truly clueless and...
- buried treasure n.
A surprising piece of code found in some
program.
While usually not wrong, it tends to vary from
crufty...
- burn-in period n.
1. A factory test designed to catch
systems with marginal components before they get out the door;
the theory is that burn-in will protect customers by...
- burst page n.
Syn. banner,
sense 1...
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