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• piffy /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface.
  Have you seen the spiffy X version of empire yet?...
• for the rest of us: [from the Mac slogan "The computer for the rest of us"] adj.
  1. Used to describe a {spiffy} product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe {spiffy} but very overpriced products....
• front end: n. 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a `back end').
  2. What you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone who is making replies without paying attention....
• for the rest of us adj. [from the Mac slogan "The computer for the rest of us"] 1.
  Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products....
• well-behaved: adj. 1. [primarily {{MS-DOS}}] Said of software conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
  Well-behaved software uses the operating system to do chores such as keyboard input, allocating memory and drawing graphics....
• engine: n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}.
  Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer....
• hairy: adj. 1. Annoyingly complicated. "{DWIM} is incredibly hairy.
  2. Incomprehensible. "{DWIM} is incredibly hairy....
• pnambic: /p*-nam'bik/ [Acronym from the scene in the film version of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the true nature of the wizard is first discovered
  Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain....
• demo: /de'moh/ [short for `demonstration'] 1. v. To demonstrate a product or prototype.
  A far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest than any number of {test} runs, especially when important people are watching....