:PIP: /pip/ [Peripheral Interchange Program] vt.,obs. To copy;
from the program PIP on CP/M, RSX-11, RSTS/E, TOPS-10, and OS/8
(derived from a utility on the PDP-6) that was used for file
copying (and in OS/8 and RT-11 for just about every other file
operation you might want to do). It is said that when the program
was originated, during the development of the PDP-6 in 1963, it was
called ATLATL (`Anything, Lord, to Anything, Lord'; this played on
the Nahuatl word `atlatl' for a spear-thrower, with connotations
of utility and primitivity that were no doubt quite intentional).
See also {BLT}, {dd}, {cat}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
from the program PIP on CP/M, RSX-11, RSTS/E, TOPS-10, and OS/8
(derived from a utility on the PDP-6) that was used for file
copying (and in OS/8 and RT-11 for just about every other file
operation you might want to do). It is said that when the program
was originated, during the development of the PDP-6 in 1963, it was
called ATLATL (`Anything, Lord, to Anything, Lord'; this played on
the Nahuatl word `atlatl' for a spear-thrower, with connotations
of utility and primitivity that were no doubt quite intentional).
See also {BLT}, {dd}, {cat}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- zap: 1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy. 3.
vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food... - exec: /eg-zek'/ vt., n. 1. [UNIX: from `execute'] Synonym for
{chain},
derives from the `exec(2)' call. 2. [from `executive']... - zap
1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy.
3. vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food... - swab: /swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte'
instruction,
as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab' ... - exec /eg-zek'/ or /eks'ek/ vt., n.
1. [Unix: from
`execute'] Synonym for chain,
derives from the exec(2) call. 2. [from `executive']... - macdink: /mak'dink/ [from the Apple Macintosh, which is said to
encourage such behavior] vt.
To make many incremental and unnecessary cosmetic... - GFR: /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP
Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage... - cat: [from `catenate' via {{UNIX}} `cat(1)'] vt.
1.
[techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or... - MFTL /M-F-T-L/
[abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language']
1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design...
