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• AIDS /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a glob pattern that matche
  but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX....
• AIDS: /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a {glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe {SEX}.
  See {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse}, {virgin}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• The Tao is like a glob pattern: used but never used up.
  It is like the extern void: filled with infinite possibilities....
• glob /glob/, not /glohb/ v.,n. [Unix; common] To expand special characters in a wildcarded name, or the act of so doing (the action is also called `globbing').
  The Unix conventions for filename wildcarding have become sufficiently pervasive that many hackers use some of them in written English, especially in email or news on technical topics....
• egexp /reg'eksp/ n. [Unix] (alt. `regex' or `reg-ex') 1.
  Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular expression', one of the wildcard patterns used, e....
• UN*X n. Used to refer to the Unix operating system (a trademark of AT&
  T) in writing, but avoiding the need for the ugly (TM) typography....
• X /X/ n. 1. Used in various speech and writing contexts (also in lowercase) in roughly its algebraic sense of `unknown within a set defined by context' (compare N).
  Thus, the abbreviation 680x0 stands for 68000, 68010, 68020, 68030, or 68040, and 80x86 stands for 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486, 80586 or 80686 (note that a Unix hacker might write these as 680[0-6]0 and 80[1-6]86 or 680?...
• egexp: /reg'eksp/ [UNIX] n. (alt. `regex' or `reg-ex') 1.
  Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular expression', one of the wildcard patterns used, e....
• UN*X: n. Used to refer to the UNIX operating system (a trademark of AT&T) in writing, but avoiding the need for the ugly {(TM)} typography.
  Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems....