:trawl: v. To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., USENET
postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something
of interest.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something
of interest.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- trawl v.
To sift through large volumes of data (e.g
Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File)... - grep: /grep/ [from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally... - mouse around: vi. To explore public portions of a large system
esp. a network such as Internet via {FTP} or {TELNET}... - YKYBHTLW: // Abbreviation of `You know you've been hacking too
long when
', which became established on the USENET group ... - disclaimer: n. [USENET] n. Statement ritually appended to many USENET
postings (sometimes automatically
by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which... - chain: 1. [orig. from BASIC's `CHAIN' statement] vi
To hand off execution to a child or successor without... - despew: /d*-spyoo'/ [USENET] v. To automatically generate a
large amount of garbage to the net
esp. from an automated posting program gone wild... - pseudo: /soo'doh/ [USENET: truncation of `pseudonym'] n
1. An electronic-mail or {USENET} persona adopted... - chase pointers: 1. vi. To go through multiple levels of
indirection
as in traversing a linked list or graph structure....
