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unwind-protect: [MIT: from the name of a LISP operator] n.
A task you must remember to perform before you leave a place or finish a project....
unwind the stack: vi. 1.
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 Unix...
unzip: simple yet spectacular way to remove protection.
-- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
UOP Useless Operatio
up: adj. 1. Working, in order. "The down escalator is up.
Oppose {down}. 2. `bring up': vt. To create a working version and start it....
Up against the net, redneck mother, Mother who has raised your son so well
He's seventeen and hackin' on a Macintosh, Flaming spelling errors and raisin' hell......
Up and at 'em, Atom Ant.
update: ro fs mod
UP Direction. To move up is to defy gravity for a short time, after which a plunging downward motion will follow.
(See Investment). -- Daniel Bowen's TOXIC CUSTARPEDIA...

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