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• forked adj. [Unix; prob. influenced by a mainstream expletive] Terminally slow, or dead.
  Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent fork bomb....
• fork bomb: [UNIX] n. A particular species of {wabbit} that can be written in one line of C (`main() {for(
  )fork();}') or shell (`$0 & $0 &') on any UNIX system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
• abbit job: [Cambridge] n. A batch job that does little, if any, real work, but creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like rabbits.
  Compare {wabbit}, {fork bomb}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• h: [from SF fandom] infix. A method of `marking' common words, i.
  e., calling attention to the fact that they are being used in a nonstandard, ironic, or humorous way....
• golden: adj. [prob. from folklore's `golden egg'] When used to describe a magnetic medium (e.
  g., `golden disk', `golden tape'), describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version....
• Devil Book: n. "The Design and Implementation of the 4.
  3BSD UNIX Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J....
• crool: /skrool/ [from the pioneering Roundtable chat system in Houston ca.
  1984; prob. originated as a typo for `scroll'] n. The log of old messages, available for later perusal or to help one get back in synch with the conversation....
• drop-ins: [prob. by analogy with {drop-outs}] n. Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort.
  Esp. used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input....
• fork bomb n. [Unix] A particular species of wabbit that can be written in one line of C (main() {for(
  )fork();}) or shell ($0 & $0 &) on any Unix system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....