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Jargon File
- C++ /C'-pluhs-pluhs/ n.
Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup
of AT&T Bell Labs as a successor to C.
Now one of the
languages of choice, although many...
- calculator [Cambridge] n.
Syn.
for bitty box...
- Camel Book n.
Universally recognized nickname for the
book "Programming Perl",
by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz,
O'Reilly and...
- can vt.
To abort a job on a time-sharing system.
Used
esp. when the person doing the deed is an operator...
- can't happen
The traditional program comment for code
executed under a condition that should never be true,
for example a
file size computed as negative. Often...
- cancelbot /kan'sel-bot/
[Usenet: compound, cancel +
robot] 1.
Mythically, a robocanceller 2. In reality, most
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- Cancelmoose[tm] /kan'sel-moos/
[Usenet] The archetype and model of
all good spam-fighters.
Once upon a time, the 'Moose would send
out spam...
- candygrammar n.
A programming-language grammar that is
mostly syntactic sugar;
the term is also a play on
`candygram'. COBOL,...
- canonical adj.
[very common; historically, `according
to religious law'] The usual or standard state or manner of
something.
This word has a somewhat more technical meaning in...
- card walloper n.
An EDP programmer who grinds out batch
programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks.
Compare code grinder. See also punched card,
eighty...
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