Iff: V.,n. Synonym For {poll}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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• glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• meatware: n. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• Missed'em-five: n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V UNIX, generally used by {BSD} partisans in a bigoted mood.
  (The synonym `SysVile' is also encountered.) See {software bloat}, {Berzerkeley}....
• ale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp.
  among microcomputer hackers. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• iff v.,n. 1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network.
  Most often in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program for doing same. 2.Synonym for poll....
• kahuna: /k*-hoo'n*/ [IBM: from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] n.
  Synonym for {wizard}, {guru}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• egv: /seg'vee/ n.,vi. Yet another synonym for {segmentation fault} (actually, in this case, `segmentation violation').
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• poll: v.,n. 1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered.
  2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: "I keep polling him, but he's not answering his phone...
• hirsute: adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary