:runes: pl.n. 1. Anything that requires {heavy wizardry} or
{black art} to {parse}: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or
code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as
bad as {line noise}, but close. Compare {casting the runes},
{Great Runes}. 2. Special display characters (for example, the
high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{black art} to {parse}: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or
code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as
bad as {line noise}, but close. Compare {casting the runes},
{Great Runes}. 2. Special display characters (for example, the
high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- runes pl.n.
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry
or black art to parse:
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language... - frogging: [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a
text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - examining the entrails: n. The process of {grovel}ling through
a {core dump} or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that
brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divination from the entrails... - frogging [University of Waterloo] v.
1. Partial corruption
of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - casting the runes: n. What a {guru} does when you ask him or
her to run a particular program and type at it because it never
works for anyone else;
esp. used when nobody can ever see what the guru... - dump: n. 1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about
a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - examining the entrails n.
The process of grovelling
through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the
bug that brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divination from the entrails... - heavy wizardry: n. Code or designs that trade on a particularly
intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system
or language or complex application interface.
Distinguished from {deep magic}, which trades more... - JCL: /J-C-L/ n. 1. IBM's supremely {rude} Job Control
Language.
JCL is the script language used to control the execution...
