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• broken arrow n. [IBM] The error code displayed on line 25 of a 3270 terminal (or a PC emulating a 3270) for various kinds of protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including connection to a down computer).
  On a PC, simulated with `->/_', with the two center characters overstruck....
• TechRef: /tek'ref/ [MS-DOS] n. The original "IBM PC Technical Reference Manual", including the BIOS listing and complete schematics for the PC.
  The only PC documentation in the issue package that's considered serious by real hackers....
• ANSI /an'see/ 1. n. [techspeak] The American National Standards Institute.
  ANSI, along with the International Organization for Standards (ISO), standardized the C programming language (see K&...
• PC-ism: /P-C-izm/ n. A piece of code or coding technique that takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in IBM PCs and the like, e.
  g., by busy-waiting on a hardware register, direct diddling of screen memory, or using hard timing loops....
• vaxism: /vak'sizm/ n. A piece of code that exhibits {vaxocentrism} in critical areas.
  Compare {PC-ism}, {unixism}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• hort card: n. A half-length IBM PC expansion card or adapter that will fit in one of the two short slots located towards the right rear of a standard chassis (tucked behind the floppy disk drives).
  See also {tall card}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 0: Numeric zero, as opposed to the letter `O' (the 15th letter of the English alphabet).
  In their unmodified forms they look a lot alike, and various kluges invented to make them visually distinct have compounded the confusion....
• ice box: [from ham radio slang] n. Any Asian-made commodity computer, esp.
  an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards....
• bit rot: n. Also {bit decay}. Hypothetical disease the existence of which has been deduced from the observation that unused programs or features will often stop working after sufficient time has passed
  even if `nothing has changed'. The theory explains that bits decay as if they were radioactive....