:examining the entrails: n. The process of {grovel}ling through
a {core dump} or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that
brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination
from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare {runes},
{incantation}, {black art}, {desk check}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
a {core dump} or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that
brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination
from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare {runes},
{incantation}, {black art}, {desk check}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- examining the entrails n.
The process of grovelling
through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the
bug that brought a program or system down.
The reference is to divination from the entrails... - casting the runes: n. What a {guru} does when you ask him or
her to run a particular program and type at it because it never
works for anyone else;
esp. used when nobody can ever see what the guru... - dump: n. 1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about
a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - dump n.
1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information
about a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - chase pointers: 1. vi. To go through multiple levels of
indirection,
as in traversing a linked list or graph structure.... - hyperspace: /hi:'per-spays/ n. A memory location that is *far*
away from where the program counter should be pointing,
often inaccessible because it is not even mapped... - wango: /wang'goh/ n. Random bit-level {grovel}ling going on in
a system during some unspecified operation.
Often used in combination with {mumble}. For example... - runes: pl.n. 1. Anything that requires {heavy wizardry} or
{black art} to {parse}:
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language... - desk check: n.,v. To {grovel} over hardcopy of source code,
mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching...
From the same category:
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but if you pile it up in one place it stinks like... - No one should hide their true self behind a false face.
-- L.... - POVERTY:
An unfortunate state that persists as long as anyone... - So many men,
so few straight... - Since when was a phone for
talking...
