- charityware /cha'rit-ee-weir`/ n.
Syn.
careware... - chase pointers
1. vi. To go through multiple levels of
indirection,
as in traversing a linked list or graph structure.... - chawmp n.
[University of Florida] 16 or 18 bits (half of a
machine word).
This term was used by FORTH hackers during the late... - check n.
A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly
used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than
software-induced traps.
E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a... - cheerfully adv.
See happily... - chemist n.
[Cambridge] Someone who wastes computer time
on number-crunching when you'd far rather the machine were
doing something more productive,
such as working out anagrams of your... - Chernobyl chicken n.
See laser chicken... - Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n.
A network
packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network
Chernobyl in Ukraine.
The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram... - chicken head n.
[Commodore] The Commodore Business
Machines logo,
which strongly resembles a poultry part (within ... - chiclet keyboard n.
A keyboard with a small, flat
rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like
pieces of chewing gum.
(Chiclets is the brand name of a variety of ...
