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• link farm n. [Unix] A directory tree that contains many links to files in a master directory tree of files.
  Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree -- for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files....
• path: n. 1. A {bang path} or explicitly routed {{Internet address}}
  a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines....
• dot file: [UNIX] n. A file that is not visible by default to normal directory-browsing tools (on UNIX
  files named with a leading dot are, by convention, not normally presented in directory listings)....
• hambolic link: /sham-bol'ik link/ n. A UNIX symbolic link
  particularly when it confuses you, points to nothing at all, or results in your ending up in some completely unexpected part of the filesystem....
• uke: /n[y]ook/ vt. 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume.
  On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem....
• path n. 1. A bang path or explicitly routed Internet addre
  a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines....
• dot file [Unix] n. A file that is not visible by default to normal directory-browsing tools (on Unix
  files named with a leading dot are, by convention, not normally presented in directory listings)....
• idempotent: [from mathematical techspeak] adj. Acting as if used only once, even if used multiple times.
  This term is often used with respect to {C} header files, which contain common definitions and declarations to be included by several source files....
• diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) source code or documents (the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
  Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare {vdiff}....