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dd: /dee-dee/ [UNIX: from IBM {JCL}] vt. Equivalent to {cat} or {BLT}.
Originally the name of a UNIX copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented device...
DD Destroy Disk
***DD*** <D Heavy-Weight Tribble Lifter.
DD Drop Disk
DDOA Drop Dead On Answe
DDS Delaminate Disk Surface
DDT Defoliate Directory Tree
DDWB Deposit Directly in Wastepaper Baske
De-accession euphemisms.
dead: adj. 1. Non-functional; {down}; {crash}ed. Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....

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