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• fix n.,v. What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored.
• paghetti code: n. Code with a complex and tangled control structure, esp.
  one using many GOTOs, exceptions, or other `unstructured' branching constructs....
• TLA: /T-L-A/ [Three-Letter Acronym] n. 1. Self-describing abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is infested.
  2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, SCCS, DMU, FPU, NNTP, TLA....
• vdiff: /vee'dif/ v.,n. Visual diff. The operation of finding differences between two files by {eyeball search}.
  The term `optical diff' has also been reported, and is sometimes more specifically used for the act of superimposing two nearly identical printouts on one another and holding them up to a light to spot differences....
• feature shock: [from Alvin Toffler's book title "Future Shock"] n.
  A user's (or programmer's!) confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material....
• erminal brain death: n. The extreme form of {terminal illness} (sense 1).
  What someone who has obviously been hacking continuously for far too long is said to be suffering from....
• critical mass: n. In physics, the minimum amount of fissionable material required to sustain a chain reaction.
  Of a software product, describes a condition of the software such that fixing one bug introduces one plus {epsilon} bugs....
• ogg: /og/ [CMU] v. 1. In the multi-player space combat game Netrek, to execute kamikaze attacks against enemy ships which are carrying armies or occupying strategic positions.
  Named during a game in which one of the players repeatedly used the tactic while playing Orion ship G, showing up in the player list as "Og"....
• iff: v.,n. Synonym for {poll}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary