:text: n. 1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a `pure code'
portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a
multitasking OS. Compare {English}. 2. Textual material in the
mainstream sense; data in ordinary {{ASCII}} or {{EBCDIC}}
representation (see {flat-ASCII}). "Those are text files;
you can review them using the editor." These two contradictory
senses confuse hackers, too.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a
multitasking OS. Compare {English}. 2. Textual material in the
mainstream sense; data in ordinary {{ASCII}} or {{EBCDIC}}
representation (see {flat-ASCII}). "Those are text files;
you can review them using the editor." These two contradictory
senses confuse hackers, too.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- text n.
1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a `pure
code' portion shared between multiple instances of a program
running in a multitasking OS.
Compare English. 2. Textual material in the mainstream... - flat-ASCII: adj. Said of a text file that contains only 7-bit
ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard control characters
(that is,
has no embedded codes specific to a particular text... - English: 1. n.,obs. The source code for a program, which may be in
any language,
as opposed to the linkable or executable binary ... - prettyprint: /prit'ee-print/ (alt. `pretty-print') v.
1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from... - newline: /n[y]oo'li:n/ n. 1. [techspeak, primarily UNIX] The
ASCII LF character (0001010),
used under {{UNIX}} as a text line terminator. ... - BUAF: // [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] n. Big
Ugly ASCII Font -
a special form of {ASCII art}. Various programs... - diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
"Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare... - ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110]
Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream... - line noise: n. 1. [techspeak] Spurious characters due to
electrical noise in a communications link,
especially an RS-232 serial connection. Line noise...
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- I thought my window was down,
but I found it was up when I put my hand through it... - The Most Popular People Are Cooks!
The Most Overworked Also... - The human race has been fascinated by sharks for as long as I can
remember.
Just like the bluebird feeding its young, or the spider... - HAIKU: Danger lurks,
where a crushing avalanche of white has buried my desk... - RD: Randomize
...
