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• unwind-protect: [MIT: from the name of a LISP operator] n.
  A task you must remember to perform before you leave a place or finish a project....
• unwind the stack: vi. 1. [techspeak] During the execution of a procedural language
  one is said to `unwind the stack' from a called procedure up to a caller when one discards the stack frame and any number of frames above it, popping back up to the level of the given caller....
• ap: v. To replace a pointer to a pointer with a direct pointe
  to replace an old address with the forwarding address found there....
• unwind the stack vi. 1. [techspeak] During the execution of a procedural language
  one is said to `unwind the stack' from a called procedure up to a caller when one discards the stack frame and any number of frames above it, popping back up to the level of the given caller....
• Jack Webb voice:) This is the city. Lambertville, New Jersey.
  I work here. I carry a tune. I was changing my name to protect my innocence when I got a call about a 411....
• vaxherd: n. /vaks'herd/ [from `oxherd'] A VAX operator. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• livelock: /li:v'lok/ n. A situation in which some critical stage of a task is unable to finish because its clients perpetually create more work for it to do after they have been serviced but before it can clear its queue.
  Differs from {deadlock} in that the process is not blocked or waiting for anything, but has a virtually infinite amount of work to do and can never catch up....
• burn-in period: n. 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with {marginal} components before they get out the doo
  he theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the steepest part of the {bathtub curve} (see {infant mortality})....
• Homer: I'm really sorry I hit you Mr. Burns. Here, let me put some salt on that eye.
  Burns: [frightened] No, please, I can't bear another trashing....