sniff: v.,n. Synonym for {poll}. --

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• glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}. --
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• meatware: n. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common. -
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• Missed'em-five: n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V UNIX,
  generally used by {BSD} partisans in a bigoted mood...
• stale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp.
  among microcomputer hackers. -- The AI Hackers...
• sniff v.,n. 1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network.
  Most often in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program...
• kahuna: /k*-hoo'n*/ [IBM: from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] n.
  Synonym for {wizard}, {guru}. -- The AI Hackers...
• segv: /seg'vee/ n.,vi. Yet another synonym for {segmentation fault} (actually,
  in this case, `segmentation violation'). -- The AI...
• poll: v.,n. 1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line,
  sensor, or memory location to see if a particular ...
• hirsute: adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}.
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