:PM: /P-M/ 1. v. (from `preventive maintenance') To bring down
a machine for inspection or test purposes. See {provocative
maintenance}; see also {scratch monkey}. 2. n. Abbrev. for
`Presentation Manager', an {elephantine} OS/2 graphical user
interface.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
a machine for inspection or test purposes. See {provocative
maintenance}; see also {scratch monkey}. 2. n. Abbrev. for
`Presentation Manager', an {elephantine} OS/2 graphical user
interface.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- PM /P-M/
1. v. (from `preventive maintenance') To
bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes.
See provocative maintenance; see also scratch monk 2.... - provocative maintenance: [common ironic mutation of `preventive
maintenance'] n.
Actions performed upon a machine at regularly scheduled intervals to ensure that the system remains in a usable state.... - provocative maintenance n.
[common ironic mutation of
`preventive maintenance'] Actions performed upon a machine at
regularly scheduled intervals to ensure that the system remains in
a usable state.
So called because it is all too often performed by a field servoid who doesn't know what he is doing... - cratch: 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data
structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or
temporary-use purpose
one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'.... - oot: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name
`root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX
system.
The term {avatar} is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user).... - Purple Book: n. 1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender.... - monstrosity: 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or
system, esp.
one that is buggy or only marginally functional. 2.... - DP: /D-P/ n. 1. Data Processing. Listed here because,
according to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a
{suit}.
See {DPer}. 2. Common abbrev for {Dissociated Press}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary... - cratch
1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data
structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or
temporary-use purpose
one that can be scribbled on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'....
