:upload: /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or
data over a digital communications link from a smaller or
peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host'
one. A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called a
{download} (but see the note about ground-to-space comm under
that entry). 2. [speculatively] To move the essential patterns and
algorithms that make up one's mind from one's brain into a
computer. Those who are convinced that such patterns and
algorithms capture the complete essence of the self view this
prospect with pleasant anticipation.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
data over a digital communications link from a smaller or
peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host'
one. A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called a
{download} (but see the note about ground-to-space comm under
that entry). 2. [speculatively] To move the essential patterns and
algorithms that make up one's mind from one's brain into a
computer. Those who are convinced that such patterns and
algorithms capture the complete essence of the self view this
prospect with pleasant anticipation.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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- upload /uhp'lohd/ v.
1. [techspeak] To transfer
programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller
or peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host'
one.
A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called... - download: vt. To transfer data or (esp.) code from a larger `host'
system (esp.
a {mainframe}) over a digital comm link to a smaller... - download vt.
1. [techspeak] To transfer data or (esp.)
code from a larger `host' system (esp.
a mainframe) over a digital comm link to a smaller... - cyberspace: /si:'ber-spays/ n. 1. Notional `information-space'
loaded with visual cues and navigable with brain-computer
interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of {cyberpunk} SF. At the... - NP-: /N-P/ pref. Extremely. Used to modify adjectives
describing a level or quality of difficulty;
the connotation is often `more so than it should... - raw mode: n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits
directly to or from an I/O device (or,
under {bogus} systems that make a distinction, a... - visionary: n. 1. One who hacks vision, in the sense of an
Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of
getting computers to `see' things using TV cameras.
(There isn't any problem in sending information... - security through obscurity
(alt. `security by obscurity')
A term applied by hackers to most OS vendors' favorite way of
coping with security holes -
namely, ignoring them, documenting neither any known... - regexp: /reg'eksp/ [UNIX] n. (alt. `regex' or `reg-ex')
1.
Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular...
From the same category:
- STRONG ADHERENCE TO PRINCIPLES: Stubborn.
--
Interpreting supervisors comments..... - Screw 'em,
you're the sysop =)... - There's more to life than sitting around in the sun
in your underwear playing the clarinet... - Adult, n.:
One old enough to know better... - There has been opposition to every innovation in the history of man,
with the possible exception of the sword. -- Benjamin...
