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• ivitz /sniv'itz/ n. A hiccup in hardware or software
  a small, transient problem of unknown origin (less serious than a snark). Compare glitch....
• ilicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).
  Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ofty: [IBM] n. Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• check: n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• ark: [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] n.
  1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!...
• ironmonger: [IBM] n. A hardware specialist (derogatory).
  Compare {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• cryppie: /krip'ee/ n. A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements cryptographic software or hardware.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• eality check: n. 1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware
  doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if you get 4....
• crufty: /kruhf'tee/ [origin unknown; poss. from `crusty'] adj.
  1. Poorly built, possibly over-complex. The {canonical} example is "This is standard old crufty {DEC} software"....