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• drain v. [IBM] Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about i
  one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline....
• flush: v. 1. To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation.
  All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [UNIX/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an `fflush(3)' call....
• krog: v. Syn. {scrog}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• hardwired: adj. 1. In software, syn. for {hardcoded}.
  2. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customizable to one's particular needs or tastes....
• FAQ list: /F-A-Q list/ or /fak list/ [USENET] n. Syn {FAQ}, sense 2.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• phase-wrapping: [MIT] n. Syn. {wrap around}, sense 2. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• enior bit: [IBM] n. Syn. {meta bit}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• flush v. 1. [common] To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation.
  All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [Unix/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an fflush(3) call....
• engine: n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}.
  Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer....