:snivitz: /sniv'itz/ n. A hiccup in hardware or software; a small,
transient problem of unknown origin (less serious than a
{snark}). Compare {glitch}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
transient problem of unknown origin (less serious than a
{snark}). Compare {glitch}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- snivitz /sniv'itz/ n.
A hiccup in hardware or software;
a small, transient problem of unknown origin (less... - silicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer
systems (compare {iron}).
Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}... - softy: [IBM] n. Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who
is largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
The AI Hackers... - 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... - snark: [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] n.
1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed... - ironmonger: [IBM] n. A hardware specialist (derogatory).
Compare {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}. -- The... - cryppie: /krip'ee/ n. A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements
cryptographic software or hardware.
The AI Hackers... - reality check: n. 1. The simplest kind of test of software or
hardware;
doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is ... - crufty: /kruhf'tee/ [origin unknown; poss. from `crusty']
adj.
1. Poorly built, possibly over-complex. The {canonical}...
From the same category:
- It seems easy to understand those who long for things as they were.
You used to get a free sandwich with a dime beer.... - Standing on head makes smile of frown,
but rest of face also upside down... - Just don't let Kirk show you what he calls "The
Captain's Log... - Any man can work when every stroke of his hand brings down the fruit
rattling from the tree to the ground;
but to labor in season and out of season, under every... - When you are down, there is only one way to go ... up.
Gordon...
