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• If you need n items of anything, you will have n - 1 in stock. -- Sueker's Note
• burn-in period: n. 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with {marginal} components before they get out the doo
  he theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the steepest part of the {bathtub curve} (see {infant mortality})....
• If n electronic components are required, n-1 are available. -- Vuilleumier's Second Law
• burn-in period n. 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with marginal components before they get out the doo
  the theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the steepest part of the bathtub curve (see infant mortali using a computer is so intensely involved in his project that he forgets basic needs such as food, drink, sleep, etc....
• ickle /ni'kl/ n. [from `nickel', common name for the U.
  S. 5-cent coin] A nybble + 1; 5 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM....
• error 33 [XEROX PARC] n. 1. Predicating one research effort upon the success of another.
  2. Allowing your own research effort to be placed on the critical path of some other project (be it a research effort or not)....
• Fact: There are n+1 zucchinis in the universe.
• hrowaway account n. 1. An inexpensive Internet account purchased on a legitimate ISP for the the sole purpose of spewing spam.
  2. An inexpensive Internet account obtained for the sole purpose of doing something which requires a valid email address but being able to ignore spam since the user will not look at the account again....
• oast 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp.
  one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast....