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• external memory n. A memo pad, palmtop computer, or written notes.
  Hold on while I write that to external memory". The analogy is with store or DRAM versus nonvolatile disk storage on computers....
• wizzle: v. To convert external names, array indice
  or references within a data structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought into main memory from external storage (also called `pointer swizzling')...
• usty memory: n. Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (esp.
  ape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in {washing machine}s)....
• core: n. Main storage or RAM. Dates from the days of ferrite-core memory
  ow archaic as techspeak most places outside IBM, but also still used in the UNIX community and by old-time hackers or those who would sound like them....
• lap on the side: n. (also called a {sidecar}, or abbreviated `SOTS'.
  ) A type of external expansion hardware marketed by computer manufacturers (e....
• poll: v.,n. 1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered.
  2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: "I keep polling him, but he's not answering his phone...
• leaky heap: [Cambridge] n. An {arena} with a {memory leak}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• Condom - external storage capability.
• overflow pdl: [MIT] n. The place where you put things when your {pdl} is full.
  If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something....