:PC-ism: /P-C-izm/ n. A piece of code or coding technique that
takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in
IBM PCs and the like, e.g., by busy-waiting on a hardware register,
direct diddling of screen memory, or using hard timing loops.
Compare {ill-behaved}, {vaxism}, {unixism}. Also,
`PC-ware' n., a program full of PC-isms on a machine with a more
capable operating system. Pejorative.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in
IBM PCs and the like, e.g., by busy-waiting on a hardware register,
direct diddling of screen memory, or using hard timing loops.
Compare {ill-behaved}, {vaxism}, {unixism}. Also,
`PC-ware' n., a program full of PC-isms on a machine with a more
capable operating system. Pejorative.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- PC-ism /P-C-izm/ n.
A piece of code or coding
technique that takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking
environment in IBM PCs and the like running DOS,
e.g., by busy-waiting on a hardware register, direct... - vaxism: /vak'sizm/ n. A piece of code that exhibits
{vaxocentrism} in critical areas.
Compare {PC-ism}, {unixism}. -- The AI Hackers... - vaxism /vak'sizm/ n.
A piece of code that exhibits
vaxocentrism in critical areas.
Compare PC-ism, unixism... - ill-behaved: adj. 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or
computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated
roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Software that bypasses the defined {OS} interfaces... - unixism: n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on
the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low
process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems.
Common {unixism}s include: gratuitous use of `fork(2)'... - ill-behaved adj.
1. [numerical analysis] Said of an
algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of
accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Software that bypasses the defined OS interfaces... - bitty box: /bit'ee boks/ n. 1. A computer sufficiently small,
primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute... - killer poke: n. A recipe for inducing hardware damage on a machine
via insertion of invalid values (see {poke}) into a memory-mapped
control register;
used esp. of various fairly well-known tricks on... - unixism n.
A piece of code or a coding technique that
depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively
low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory Unix
systems.
Common unixisms include: gratuitous use of fork(2)...
