:hexit: /hek'sit/ n. A hexadecimal digit (0--9, and A--F or a--f).
Used by people who claim that there are only *ten* digits,
dammit; sixteen-fingered human beings are rather rare, despite what
some keyboard designs might seem to imply (see {space-cadet
keyboard}).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Used by people who claim that there are only *ten* digits,
dammit; sixteen-fingered human beings are rather rare, despite what
some keyboard designs might seem to imply (see {space-cadet
keyboard}).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- hexit /hek'sit/ n.
A hexadecimal digit (0-9, and A-F or
a-f).
Used by people who claim that there are only ten ... - quadruple bucky: n., obs. 1. On an MIT {space-cadet keyboard},
use of all four of the shifting keys (control, meta... - cokebottle: /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character,
particularly one you can't type because it it isn't... - EOF: /E-O-F/ [abbreviation, `End Of File'] n. 1. [techspeak] The
{out-of-band} value returned by C's sequential character-input
functions (and their equivalents in other environments) when end of
file has been reached.
This value is -1 under C libraries postdating V6... - meta bit: n. The top bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in
character values 128-
255. Also called {high bit}, {alt bit}, or {hobbit}... - space-cadet keyboard n.
A now-legendary device used on MIT
LISP machines,
which inspired several still-current jargon terms ... - fred: n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a
{metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - tits on a keyboard: n. Small bumps on certain keycaps to keep
touch-typists registered (usually on the `5' of a numeric
keypad,
and on the `F' and `J' of a {QWERTY} keyboard; but... - pastie: /pay'stee/ n. An adhesive-backed label designed to be
attached to a key on a keyboard to indicate some non-standard
character which can be accessed through that key.
Pasties are likely to be used in APL environments...
