:hex: n. 1. Short for {{hexadecimal}}, base 16. 2. A 6-pack
of anything (compare {quad}, sense 2). Neither usage has
anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is
appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a
joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be
worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were,
of course, hex inverters.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
of anything (compare {quad}, sense 2). Neither usage has
anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is
appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a
joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be
worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were,
of course, hex inverters.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- hex n.
1. Short for hexadecimal, base 16. 2. A 6-pack
of anything (compare quad,
sense 2). Neither usage has anything to do with... - quad: n. 1. Two bits; syn. for {quarter}, {crumb},
{tayste}.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}, sense 2)... - black magic: n. A technique that works, though nobody really
understands why.
More obscure than {voodoo programming}, which may... - deep magic: [poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] n.
An awesomely arcane technique central to a program... - quad n.
1. Two bits; syn. for quarter, crumb,
tayste.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare hex, sense 2)... - dump: n. 1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about
a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - rain dance: n. 1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a
hardware problem,
with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished... - bomb: 1. v. General synonym for {crash} (sense 1) except that
it is not used as a noun;
esp. used of software or OS failures. "Don't run... - deep magic n.
[poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia"
books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or
system,
esp. one neither generally published nor available...
