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BWQ: /B-W-Q/ [IBM: Abbreviation, `Buzz Word Quotient'] The Percentage Of Buzzwords In A Speech Or Documents.
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:BWQ: /B-W-Q/ [IBM: abbreviation, `Buzz Word Quotient'] The
percentage of buzzwords in a speech or documents. Usually roughly
proportional to {bogosity}. See {TLA}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
BWQ /B-W-Q/ n. [IBM: abbreviation, `Buzz Word Quotient'] The percentage of buzzwords in a speech or documents.
Usually roughly proportional to bogosity. See TLA....
X: /X/ n. 1. Used in various speech and writing contexts (also in lowercase) in roughly its algebraic sense of `unknown within a set defined by context' (compare {N}).
Thus, the abbreviation 680x0 stands for 68000, 68010, 68020, 68030, or 68040, and 80x86 stands for 80186, 80286 80386 or 80486 (note that a UNIX hacker might write these as 680[0-4]0 and 80[1-4]86 or 680?...
OS: /O-S/ 1. [{Operating System}] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech.
2. n.,obs. On ITS, an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}" (in {Appendix A})....
BRS: /B-R-S/ n. Syn. {Big Red Switch}. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
working as designed: [IBM] adj. 1. In conformance to a wrong or inappropriate specificatio
useful, but misdesigned. 2. Frequently used as a sardonic comment on a program's utility....
UBD: /U-B-D/ [abbreviation for `User Brain Damage'] An abbreviation used to close out trouble reports obviously due to utter cluelessness on the user's part.
Compare {pilot error}; oppose {PBD}; see also {brain-damaged}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
abbrev: /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ n. Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
amper: n. Common abbreviation for the name of the ampersand (`&', ASCII 0100110) character.
See {{ASCII}} for other synonyms. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
excl: /eks'kl/ n. Abbreviation for `exclamation point'.
See {bang}, {shriek}, {{ASCII}}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...