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biffview => <reply> $who, MS BIFF file viewer. URL: http://www.az.com/~drysdam/projects.html
Big Ben => <reply> $who, Spiffy themed clock. URL: http://ethereal.net/~wampa/
Big Brother => <reply> $who, Highly efficient network monitor. URL: http://bb4.com/
BigBrother WebStats => <reply> $who, Counter for websites that produces some statistics based on the info gathered. URL: http://capsi.com/linux-bigbrotherwebstats.shtml
bigFORTH/MINOS => <reply> $who, Forth with GUI library and RAD tool. URL: http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/bigforth.html
bigloo => <reply> $who, Scheme compiler. URL: http://kaolin.unice.fr/~serrano/bigloo/bigloo.html
Biglook => <reply> $who, A graphical Toolkit for Bigloo. URL: http://kaolin.unice.fr/Biglook/
bigtwo => <reply> $who, Dai-di (Big two) internet card game. URL: http://twilight.s-one.net.sg/~daidee/
bigwig => <reply> $who, High-level programming language for developing interactive Web services.. URL: http://www.brics.dk/bigwig/
binarifier => <reply> $who, Useless command line utilities to convert strings to binary and back. URL: http://meatloop.istream.net/~count/src/binarifier-0.2.tar.gz
Bind => <reply> $who, Berkeley Internet Name Domain. URL: http://www.isc.org/bind.html
bindmon => <reply> $who, Server health monitoring + DNS failover for Linux, other Unix.. URL: http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/download/bindmon/
binkd => <reply> $who, Next generation Fidonet mailer for TCP/IP networks.. URL: http://www.corbina.ru/~maloff/binkd/
binutils => <reply> $who, Provides programs to assemble and manipulate binary andobject files.. URL: ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/beta/binutils-2.9.5.0.3.tar.bz2
bip => <reply> $who, Send messages to pagers using the Internet. URL: http://www.br.ibm.com/~aviram/software/bip/
Birthday => <reply> $who, Birthday reminder. URL: http://user.bene.baynet.de/~mschmid/
bison => <reply> $who, GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement). URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
Bit::Vector => <reply> $who, Provides an efficientimplementation of arbitrarily large bit vectors and sets. URL: http://www.engelschall.com/u/sb/download/
BitchX => <reply> $who, ANSI capable, textmode IRC Client. URL: http://www.bitchx.org
BitGen => <reply> $who, convert strings of 1's and 0's to SPICE voltage sources. URL: http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/cadence/bitgen.html
BitKeeper => <reply> $who, Source control system. URL: http://www.bitmover.com/bitkeeper/
Bizarre 1999 Invitation Intro => <reply> $who, An invitation intro to the bizarre 1999 demo party. URL: http://www.bizarre.nl/
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CrashMail II => <reply> $who, Fidonet tosser for *.msg and JAM. URL: http://www.df.lth.se/~billing/crashmail.html
Crescendo => <reply> $who, Gnome front-end to the TinyFugue mud client.. URL: http://crescendo.edenproject.org
Cricket => <reply> $who, System for monitoring trends in time-series data. URL: http://www.munitions.com/~jra/cricket/
Critter => <reply> $who, Perl/Tk flat text search script. URL: http://www.mainmatter.com/critter/
crocodiles => <reply> $who, An ISP packet accounting management package. URL: http://www.varna.net/~alex/crocodiles/
CroMagnon => <reply> $who, GNOME crontab manager. URL: http://www2.andrews.edu/~aldy/cromagnon.html
Cross-CGI => <reply> $who, A portable and complete CGI libtool library in C.. URL: http://www.tip.net.au/~ccollins/xware/xcgi/
Crue Cat => <reply> $who, Cruecat is a text based multi player fighting game with animation. URL: http://www.afro-productions.com/
crw => <reply> $who, Easy to learn, easy to use, command line oriented calculator.. URL: http://sargasso.flum.org/crw/
Cryptix => <reply> $who, Strong cryptography for Java. URL: http://www.cryptix.org/
Cryptix SASL => <reply> $who, Implementation of the SASL Java language bindings and some SASL mechanisms.. URL: http://www.cryptix.org/
Crypto++ => <reply> $who, C++ Crypto Library. URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/cryptlib.html
crypt_l => <reply> $who, A simple, small, fast cryptographic utility.. URL: http://home.lonyay.edu.hu/~koszik/
Crystal Space => <reply> $who, A free and portable 3D engine based on portals. URL: http://crystal.linuxgames.com/
cs => <reply> $who, a free and small cscope clone. URL: ftp://cantor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/unix/
CSCMail => <reply> $who, Gtk E-Mail Client written in Perl. URL: http://www.cyberdeck.org/cscmail/
CSP => <reply> $who, Interpreted C/C++ web pages with ASP-like loadable module. URL: http://ruby.ddiworld.com/jreed/web/csp/index.html
CSSC => <reply> $who, SCCS clone. URL: http://www.free-lunch.demon.co.uk/CSSC/
cst-calendar => <reply> $who, Web based, php3/mysql powered organisationalcalendar. URL: http://www.goulburn.net.au/~hagus/
cstream => <reply> $who, dd(1)-like tool, precise bandwidth limiting/reporting, fifo support. URL: http://www.cons.org/cracauer/cstream.html
csv2html => <reply> $who, Converts CSV files to HTML tables. URL: http://virtual.oltronics.net/~phma/Software/csv2html.html
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dusk => <reply> $who, irc script that ports BitchX commands and documentation to portuguese. URL: http://www.linux.trix.net/irc-intro.htm
dvipdfm => <reply> $who, Dvipdfm is a DVI to PDF translator.. URL: http://odo.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/
dvorak7min => <reply> $who, ncurses-based typing tutor for the Dvorak layout. URL: http://personal.redestb.es/ragnar/
DWUN => <reply> $who, Controls PPP link by client requests for connection. URL: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~umbrella/
dxpc => <reply> $who, X protocol compressor. URL: http://www.vigor.nu/dxpc/
DXSpider DX Cluster => <reply> $who, A Ham Radio DX Cluster written in perl for Linux. URL: http://www.dxcluster.org
DyDNS => <reply> $who, Dynamic DNS environment for intranets. URL: http://freetings.com/linux/index.html
dyn-html => <reply> $who, Scripts which generate redirection Web pages for dynamic IP users. URL: http://www.linuxnetmag.de/series/projects/dyn_html.html
dyn-ip-page.sh => <reply> $who, This script makes files containing your IP and uploads them. URL: http://www.apci.net/~shorti/dyn-ip-page.html
dynahtml.pl => <reply> $who, HTML-editing Perl script. URL: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/spoon/index.html
Dynamic DNS Perl Scripts => <reply> $who, A Set of Perl scripts to update a domain using bind8 Dynamic Update Feature. URL: http://www.dynam.ac/dns/
Dynamic DNS Server Client => <reply> $who, The server opens port 7007 and listens for incoming connections. URL: http://www.crashed.net/~chet/
DynamicJava => <reply> $who, Java source interpreter. URL: http://www.inria.fr/koala/djava/
Dynamics - HUT Mobile IP => <reply> $who, Dynamic, scalable, hierarchical Mobile IP system with localized location updates. URL: http://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/Dynamics/
DynAPI => <reply> $who, development library for DHTML web applications, games, and animations. URL: http://www.dansteinman.com/dynapi/
DynDNS => <reply> $who, Dynamic DNS server. URL: http://dyn.stech.net/
Dynip.expet => <reply> $who, Expect script to update a web page with your IP address.. URL: http://www.loop.com/~vipvop/dyn.html
dynipserv => <reply> $who, Dynamic IP Server. URL: http://www.my-linux.org/~doubt/
E*Reminders => <reply> $who, Web-based reminder software. URL: http://allie.alliedtours.com/~eremind/EReminder.html
E-Data => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.adventia.com/e-data.htm
E-Grail => <reply> $who, Server-side Web Content Management Software. URL: http://www.egrail.com/
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Euphoria => <reply> $who, A great fast extensible language. URL: http://members.aol.com/FilesEu/
Euphoria Programming Language => <reply> $who, Simple, flexible, powerful programming language for Linux, DOS and Windows. URL: http://www.RapidEuphoria.com/
Europa => <reply> $who, multi-player realtime strategic action war game. URL: http://play.mpog.com/europa
Event Calendar => <reply> $who, PHP/PostgreSQL-based online event calendar. URL: http://www.simons-rock.edu/~fluffy/index.php3?link=.%2FEvent+Calendar
Event Monitor Project => <reply> $who, Monitoring tool for heterogeneous networks and systems based on message passing. URL: http://www.gsyc.inf.uc3m.es/~assman/em/
Everybuddy => <reply> $who, Universal Instant Messaging Client. URL: http://www.everybuddy.com/
EveryChat => <reply> $who, Minimalist Perl CGI Chat Program. URL: http://www.everysoft.com/everychat/
Eview => <reply> $who, Viewer for embroiding file formats. URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/3340/eview.html
evilwm => <reply> $who, Yet Another 9wm-based Window Manager. URL: http://unifex.netpedia.net/evilwm/
Evolutionware => <reply> $who, Web-based ISP/ASP Management Tool. URL: http://www.evolutionware.com/
ex11 => <reply> $who, Erlang-X11 binding. URL: http://www.erlang.org/user.html
exdump => <reply> $who, exdump watches/dumps/logs TCP/IP network packets.. URL: http://exscan.netpedia.net/exdump.html
exec.c => <reply> $who, sys_execve backdoor which logs user commands.. URL: http://www.xnet.com/~perly/exec.c
Executor => <reply> $who, Allows you to run your Macintosh applications on PCs. URL: http://www.ardi.com/
exepak => <reply> $who, Linux ELF executable packer.. URL: http://zurk.netpedia.net/zfile.html
ExeterXML Server => <reply> $who, Web Server that applies server-side style sheets to XML. URL: http://www.xmls.com/products/xmlserver.html
Exim => <reply> $who, Message Transfer Agent for Unix systems. URL: http://www.exim.org
Exmh => <reply> $who, An X user interface for MH mail. URL: http://www.beedub.com/exmh/
expat => <reply> $who, XML Parser Toolkit. URL: http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html
Expect => <reply> $who, . URL: http://expect.nist.gov/
exphack => <reply> $who, Wrapper script for nethack to find a. URL: ftp://lathi.myip.org/pub/exphack/
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GTK+ => <reply> $who, Library for creating graphicaluser interfaces. URL: http://www.gtk.org/
GTK+ MAGIC => <reply> $who, Realtime Configuration Environment for GTK+. URL: http://209.201.55.167/gtkmagic/
GTK+ Metal Theme => <reply> $who, Java Metal look-and-feel theme engine for GTK+ 1.1.2.. URL: http://www.integrand.com
GTK+XFce => <reply> $who, Easy-to-use and easy-to-configure environment for X11. URL: http://www.xfce.org/
Gtk-- => <reply> $who, C++ interface for the popular GUI library gtk.. URL: http://lazy.ton.tut.fi/gtk--/gtk--.html
Gtk--Draw => <reply> $who, Gtk-- add-on library for drawing and plotting. URL: http://www.gnome.org/guppi/
gtk-engines-extra => <reply> $who, Extra themes and engines for GTK toolkit. URL: http://members.xoom.com/Gavrilov_Con/gnome/gtk-engines.html
GTK-J => <reply> $who, Gtk Bindings for Java. URL: http://fred.lavigne.com/
gtk-shell => <reply> $who, GTK interface for the shell. URL: http://devplanet.fastethernet.net/files.html
Gtk::Dialogs => <reply> $who, Simple Perl interface to create dialog boxes with Gtk. URL: http://www.su-root.freeserve.co.uk/gtkdialogs/
GtkAda => <reply> $who, Ada95 binding of Gtk+. URL: http://ada.eu.org/gtkada/
GtkAlarm => <reply> $who, Gtk app that executes a command at a specified time.. URL: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/4230/
GtKali => <reply> $who, Gtk+ interface to Kali.. URL: http://gtkali.linuxgames.com/
gtkapm => <reply> $who, Advanced X11 batterymonitor using prediction algorithm. URL: http://www.rehab.inr.liu.se/~ch/gtkapm/
GtkBalls => <reply> $who, GtkBalls is a simple logic game.. URL: http://gtkballs.antex.ru/
GtkComboButton => <reply> $who, A Combobutton for GTK+. URL: http://www.webtribe.net/a/ambiance/
gtkcookie => <reply> $who, edit your Netscape cookie file. URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~manniwood/gtkcookie/
gtkctrlaltdel => <reply> $who, GTK+ frontend to CTRL ALT DEL key kombination. URL: http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/gtkctrlaltdel/
GtkDatabox => <reply> $who, Gtk+ Widget to display large amounts of numerical data (curves) fast and easy. URL: http://www.eudoxos.net/gtk/gtkdatabox/
GTKdiff => <reply> $who, GTK+ diff frontend. URL: http://www.ainet.or.jp/~inoue/software/gtkdiff/index-e.html
GtkEditor => <reply> $who, Source code editor widget for GTK.. URL: http://www.daimi.au.dk/~mailund/gtk.html
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gtk_pizza => <reply> $who, Pizza Delivery System for Pizza Services and Bistros. URL: http://members.iweb.net.au/~steveoc/gtk_pizza.html
gtml => <reply> $who, An HTML pre-processor specially designed for maintaining web sites.. URL: http://www.lifl.fr/~beaufils/gtml/
GTransferManager => <reply> $who, GNOME frontend and more for wget. URL: http://camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt/~bapm/gtm/
gTune => <reply> $who, a nice Instrument Tuner for GNOME. URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/4189/index.html
Gtuner => <reply> $who, A highly configurable gtk based radio tuner. URL: http://www.gtuner.seul.org
gTuring => <reply> $who, A Turing Machine simulator for GNOME.. URL: http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~arturo/gTuring
Guava => <reply> $who, C-like preprocessing for HTML. URL: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~morphet/comp/guava.html
guichooser => <reply> $who, Tool for switching window managers. URL: http://www.open-systems.com/guichooser.html
guiftp => <reply> $who, A simple FTP client using the GTK+ toolkit. URL: http://www.altern.org/ldufresne/guiftp/
guile => <reply> $who, GNU extension language, an embeddable library implementation of scheme. URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
Guile-gtk => <reply> $who, guile bindings for GTK.. URL: http://www.ping.de/sites/zagadka/guile-gtk/
Guilty => <reply> $who, A lightweight Tinderbox look-alike.. URL: http://www.acc.umu.se/~mortis/guilty/index.html
GuiSlp => <reply> $who, An slp-package manager.. URL: http://www.acc.umu.se/~snaggen/guislp/
guiTAR => <reply> $who, A tar frontend for Gtk+. URL: http://disq.bir.net.tr/guitar/
gunk => <reply> $who, Amorphous computing simulator. URL: http://world.std.com/~wware/
Guppi => <reply> $who, GNOME application for plotting and analyzing data. URL: http://www.gnome.org/guppi/
GURU => <reply> $who, GURU Understands Real Unix. URL: http://www.dimensional.com/~dhawkins/GURU/
gUserMan => <reply> $who, GTK User and Group Management Software. URL: http://www.scs.unr.edu/~scottf/guserman
gUserNet => <reply> $who, Program to activate/deactivate RedHat's network interfaces.. URL: http://baltimore.wwaves.com/~knight/gusernet/
gusers => <reply> $who, Password managment program.. URL: http://www.cloudnet.com/~mephisto/
Gush => <reply> $who, GNU User's Shell. URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gush/gush.html
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karpski => <reply> $who, Network sniffer/scanner with a GTK interface. URL: http://mojo.calyx.net/~btx/karpski.html
katchit => <reply> $who, KDE Game (strategy). URL: http://perso.club-internet.fr/p_george/katchit.html
Katy => <reply> $who, Text editor inspired by UltraEdit. URL: http://members.xoom.com/doxxx/katy.html
kautorun => <reply> $who, a KDE panel-docking CDROM automounter. URL: http://parzelle.de/Linux/Applications/kautorun
Kazlib => <reply> $who, Robust ANSI C data structure library.. URL: http://users.footprints.net/~kaz/kazlib.html
KBackup => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/KBackup/
kBag => <reply> $who, Synchronizes your documents between one computer and another.. URL: http://members.tripod.com/Kir_Smirnov/kBag/index.html
kbd => <reply> $who, Keytable files and keyboard utilities. URL: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/utils/kbd/
kBeroFTPD => <reply> $who, KDE Front-End for BeroFTPD configuration. URL: ftp://beroftpd.unix.eu.org/pub/BeroFTPD/kBeroFTPD/
KBiff => <reply> $who, New mail notification utility for KDE. URL: http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth/kbiff/index.html
KBind => <reply> $who, KDE front-end to configure the Bind nameserver.. URL: http://asimov.unitec.edu/~cgcorea/kbind.html
KBlade => <reply> $who, KBlade is a frontend to BladeEnc (mp3 encoder) for KDE. URL: http://www.multimania.com/linzeus/kblade/
KBlinsel => <reply> $who, Simple stereogram generator for KDE.. URL: http://www.eisscholle.de/
KBML => <reply> $who, JavaBeans serialization using XML. URL: http://www.inria.fr/koala/kbml/
KBootSelector => <reply> $who, KDE Boot option selector. URL: http://myplace.to.be/Pantoffel/kbootsel/index.html
kbquery => <reply> $who, Command-line search util for the linux knowledge base. URL: http://linuxkb.cheek.com/
KBriefcase => <reply> $who, Briefcase for KDE similar to Windows briefcase.. URL: http://netnow.micron.net/~mrolig/kbriefcase/
KBshare => <reply> $who, Web based knowledge manager. URL: http://www.snipes.org/bspages/projects/
KCdCd => <reply> $who, KDE frontend for the cdcd cd player.. URL: http://ultra7.unl.edu.ar
kcdwrite => <reply> $who, KDE frontend for cd-writing tools. URL: http://harmony.ruhr.de/~core/kcdwrite
kchess => <reply> $who, KDE frontend for chess programs. URL: http://sharmas.dhs.org/~adsharma/projects/kchess.html
Kclock => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2964/kclock.html
kcmbind => <reply> $who, A KDE front-end to configure bind. URL: http://www.100webstreet.com/kcmbind/
kcmdhcpd => <reply> $who, A configure program for the ISC DHCP-Server for the KDE-project.. URL: http://www.100webstreet.com/kcmbind/dhcp.html
Kcmjoy => <reply> $who, Configure your joystick via kcontrol. URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2964/applications.html
kcmlaptop => <reply> $who, Puts battery control in the KDE panel, starts command when low battery.. URL: http://www.taniwha.com/laptop
KCommander => <reply> $who, Windows Commander Clone for KDE. URL: http://www.linuxcoding.de/projektKcom_en.htm
KCron => <reply> $who, KDE Task Scheduler. URL: http://gary.meyer.net/
kcrontab => <reply> $who, Crontab editor for KDE. URL: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/apps/admin/
kcyradm => <reply> $who, . URL: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/apps/utils/kcyradm-0.1.tar.gz
KDat => <reply> $who, Tar based tape archiver. URL: http://sunsite.auc.dk/qweb/kdat/
kdb => <reply> $who, Built-in Kernel Debugger. URL: http://reality.sgi.com/slurn_engr/
kdbg => <reply> $who, A graphical KDE front end to the GDB debugger. URL: http://members.telecom.at/~johsixt/kdbg.html
kdc2tiff => <reply> $who, Convert from Kodak .kdc file to .tiff or .jpg. URL: http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/cstudhol/unix/software/kdc2tiff/kdc2tiff.tar.gz
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lxTimeClock => <reply> $who, A great Timecard program for businesses. URL: http://www.texascomputers.com/tclock.html
Lycadican FRPG => <reply> $who, Lycadican Pen and Paper Open Content FRPG Game. URL: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican/
LynkStation => <reply> $who, Drive Thousands Of Visitors To Your Website, Automatically. URL: http://www.tri-polar.com/ls/index.html
lyntin => <reply> $who, Python-based MUD client and development framework. URL: http://cs.uchicago.edu/~laheadle/lyntin.html
Lynx => <reply> $who, fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser. URL: http://lynx.browser.org/
lyskom => <reply> $who, An online discussion system, sort of like a mix between Mail, News and IRC. URL: http://www.lysator.liu.se/lyskom/
LyX => <reply> $who, Advanced LaTeX-based typesetting and text-editing program for X11. URL: http://www.lyx.org/
LZO => <reply> $who, Data compression library with very fast (de-)compression. URL: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/lzo.html
lzop => <reply> $who, A very fast file compressor similar to gzip. URL: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/lzop.html
m(UH!)Client => <reply> $who, m(UH!)Client is a client for Charles P. URL: http://members.tripod.de/muhgatus/java/
m3gtk => <reply> $who, Modula-3 binding to the GTK. URL: http://m3.linuks.org/
Mace => <reply> $who, A free Macintosh compatibility layer, implemented similar to Wine.. URL: http://MaceHQ.cjb.net/
macfork => <reply> $who, Macintosh resource fork reader and extracter. URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ajw/public/dist/macfork.tar.gz
MachineInfo => <reply> $who, author. URL: http://www.e-nef.com/CGI/MachineInfo.html
Mad Bomber => <reply> $who, An SDL-based clone of Activision's 2600 game,. URL: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/madbomber/
Madlib / Babble => <reply> $who, Generates random text based on a formal grammar or a text file.. URL: http://www.vis.colostate.edu/~scriven/madlib.php3
Maelstrom => <reply> $who, Excellent 'Asteroids' type game with sound, 3D objects, and more. URL: http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/Maelstrom/
MAGE Adventure Game Engine => <reply> $who, Framework for playing and (in the future) authoring text-based adventure games.. URL: http://mage.rulez.org
Magic => <reply> $who, Forms based RAD language. URL: http://www.magic-sw.com
Magic Layout System => <reply> $who, A popular integrated circuit layout tool in common use in universities. URL: http://www.research.digital.com/wrl/projects/magic/magic.html
MagiCapture => <reply> $who, Screen capture and preview utility for the X Window System. URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~lightmanaj/MagiCapture/
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MagicPoint Gallery => <reply> $who, A gallery of MagicPoint presentation templates. URL: http://puchol.com/cpg/software/mgp/
MagiKnit => <reply> $who, Knitwear design software. URL: http://www.magiknit.org/
Mahogany => <reply> $who, Powerful, user-friendly, scriptable mail/news client. URL: http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/Mahogany/
Mail Man => <reply> $who, A web-based application which allows the user to send and receive mails. URL: http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/
Mail User's Shell => <reply> $who, Powerful command-line based mail reader. URL: http://www.well.com/user/barts/mush.html
Mail-Gear => <reply> $who, E-mail Content Management Software. URL: http://www.urlabs.com/
mail-SMS => <reply> $who, Tcl/Tk Email to SMS gateway. URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Chip/3708/mail-SMS/mail-SMS.html
mail2news-easy => <reply> $who, Converts mail to news and news to mail.. URL: http://www.chez.com/mans/soft/
mail2sms => <reply> $who, Convert a mail to a short message. URL: http://www.fts.frontec.se/~dast/mail2sms/
mailback => <reply> $who, An e-mail autoresponder with support for multiple aliases and exceptions.. URL: http://www.cynicism.com/~derek/mailback/
mailblink => <reply> $who, Blinks LEDs when new mail arrives.. URL: http://vh224401.truman.edu/~dbindner/linuxware/
Mailcrypt => <reply> $who, Provides a simple interface topublic key cryptography with PGP. URL: http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html
MailDB => <reply> $who, A web-based interface to forward e-mail using procmail. URL: http://maildb.ois.tj/
maildircmd => <reply> $who, Run a command on messages in a maildir. URL: http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/maildircmd.html
maildrop => <reply> $who, maildrop mail filter/mail delivery agent. URL: http://www.flounder.net/~mrsam/maildrop/
maillog => <reply> $who, Mails system logs an off-site address via a cron job.. URL: http://old.dhs.org/
Mailman => <reply> $who, Mailing list manager with built in web access. URL: http://www.list.org/
MailStudio 2000 => <reply> $who, Free web based e-mail server solution. URL: http://www.3rsoft.com
mailtunnel => <reply> $who, Creates a two-way data tunnel over conventional mailingsystems. URL: http://www.detached.net/mailtunnel.html
Majik 3D client => <reply> $who, An online role-playing world. URL: http://www.majik3d.org/
Majik 4 => <reply> $who, A truly intriguing roleplaying environment. URL: http://www.majik3d.org/majik4.html
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Perl => <reply> $who, High-level, general-purpose programming language. URL: http://www.perl.com/
Perl App Server => <reply> $who, Object Oriented Application Server written in Perl. URL: http://www.bgw.org/projects/pas/
Perl Composer => <reply> $who, Perl/Gtk integrated visual programming environment. URL: http://linux.ece.uci.edu/~wangy/PerlComposer/vperl.html
Perl Fantasy Football League => <reply> $who, Perl scripts to maintain a fantasy football league. URL: http://homepages.tesco.net/~grawlfang/fantasy/perlfootie.html
Perl Mailer => <reply> $who, E-mails the contents of any form, while doing basic data validation and auth.. URL: http://www.gallanttech.com/resources/documentation/mailer/
Perl PDC => <reply> $who, Perl Project Detour Client. URL: http://www.detour.net/
Perl Shell => <reply> $who, Simple interactive Perl shell. URL: http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/psh/index.html
Perl Web Publisher => <reply> $who, Perl script to synchronize your ftp-only web site at your ISP.. URL: http://www.net-link.net/~jettero/pwebp/index.html
Perl WebStats => <reply> $who, Perl Apache log analyzer/report generator. URL: http://www.gallanttech.com/resources/documentation/webstats/
perl-cfd => <reply> $who, High-stability cfengine server daemon.. URL: http://www.suitenine.com/perl-cfd/
Perl-LZO => <reply> $who, Provides LZO bindings for Perl5. URL: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/lzo.html
Perl/Tk Finger => <reply> $who, Perl/Tk Finger Client. URL: http://www.whirlnet.demon.co.uk/linux/ptkfinger.html
Perl/Tk Headline Grabbers => <reply> $who, Headline grabbers for various Linux-related sites. URL: http://jade.netpedia.net/
Perl/Tk NSLookup => <reply> $who, DNS Lookup app written in Perl/Tk. URL: http://www.whirlnet.demon.co.uk/linux/ptknslookup.html
Perl/Tk Time Client => <reply> $who, Compares your system time with another machine. URL: http://www.whirlnet.demon.co.uk/linux/ptktime.html
perlbot => <reply> $who, An IRC bot in Perl written with simplicity in mind. URL: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~burke/perlbot/
perldap => <reply> $who, Perl C and OO interface to LDAP. URL: http://www.mozilla.org/directory/
perldbgui => <reply> $who, A GUI for the Perl debugger.. URL: http://members.tripod.com/~CurtMcKelvey/perldbgui/
Perlfect Search => <reply> $who, Web site indexer and search engine.. URL: http://perlfect.com/freescripts/search/
Perlfect::Template => <reply> $who, Text/HTML template processing module for Perl.. URL: http://www.perlfect.com/articles/templates.shtml
PerlHoo => <reply> $who, Yahoo-like Web Directory. URL: http://www.webreference.com/perl/
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phpSysInfo => <reply> $who, phpSysInfo will display things like Uptime, CPU, Memory, etc.. URL: http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/
phttpd => <reply> $who, A multithreaded HTTP server. URL: ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/unix/phttpd/
Pi AGM => <reply> $who, A very fast program for calculating Pi. URL: http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5815/program.html
pi-address => <reply> $who, X11 based Address Manager for Palm Pilot Address DB. URL: http://www.in-berlin.de/User/miwie/pia/
Pi3Web => <reply> $who, HTTPserver and development environment. URL: http://www.johnroy.com/pi3/pi3web/
PicBook => <reply> $who, automatically produces a photo album in HTML format of your photographs. URL: http://www.glg.ed.ac.uk/~pete/PICS/PicBook/
Pico => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
Picview => <reply> $who, Thumbnail preview, image viewer and slideshow program for Gnome.. URL: http://www.digitallabyrinth.com/linux/picview/index.html
pidentd => <reply> $who, Daemon implementing the IDENT (RFC1413) protocol. URL: http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/~pen/pidentd/
pidentd+fm patch => <reply> $who, Patch for pidentd to add fake userid query, IP masquerade and relay. URL: http://www.manpages.org/pidentd/
PiGTK => <reply> $who, Provides GTK+ bindings for Pike. URL: http://pike-community.org/sites/pigtk/
Pike => <reply> $who, Interpreted, object-oriented programming language with a syntax similar to C. URL: http://pike.idonex.se/
PIKT => <reply> $who, An innovative new systems administration paradigm. URL: http://pikt.uchicago.edu/pikt/
Pilot Applet => <reply> $who, GNOME applet to sync the 3Com Palm Pilot devices. URL: http://www.gnome.org/gnome-pilot
pilot-ldif => <reply> $who, Program that uses pilot-addresses to sync the Netscape and Pilot address books. URL: http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/rekopp/software/pilot-ldif/
Pilot-PPP => <reply> $who, Connects your palm pilot to your linux box with PPP. URL: http://www.linux-support.net/pilot-ppp/
pilot2pine => <reply> $who, Converts Palm Pilot addressbooks to pine's addressbook and vica versa. URL: http://www.psilord.com/code
PilotManager => <reply> $who, Synchronize databases on your PalmPilot with applications on Unix. URL: http://www.moshpit.org/pilotmgr/
Pine => <reply> $who, Tool for reading,sending, and managing electronic messages. URL: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
PinePGP => <reply> $who, PGP and GnuPG filters for pine for both PGP 2.6.x and 5.0. URL: http://www.megaloman.com/~hany/RPM/pinepgp.html
pinfo => <reply> $who, Hypertext info file viewer. URL: http://zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl/~pborys/
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PyBot => <reply> $who, An IRC bot written in Python.. URL: ftp://205.238.164.201/pub/pybot/pybot-latest.tar.gz
pyCA => <reply> $who, A project to create Certification Authority in Python. URL: http://sites.inka.de/ms/python/pyca/
pyCDAudio => <reply> $who, Python wrapperes for libcdaudio. URL: http://www.michigannet.com/~rbb/pycdaudio/
pyChing => <reply> $who, Cast and interpret I Ching hexagrams. URL: http://www.essemgee.xnot.com/pyching/
pydb => <reply> $who, A modified version of the standard Python debugger. URL: http://daikon.tuc.noao.edu/python/
pyDE => <reply> $who, Programmers editor for Python. URL: http://www.spirito.de/pyde/
pydf => <reply> $who, colourised df(1)-clone. URL: http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/pydf/
pyDict => <reply> $who, English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary. URL: http://www.linux.org.tw/~plateau/linux_notes/softwares/
PyGCS => <reply> $who, A very stripped down MUD-like chat-server written entirely in Python.. URL: http://www2.shore.net/~jblaine/book-of-jeff-3.html
Pygmy Linux => <reply> $who, UMSDOS based, internet ready minilinux.. URL: http://www.linuxstart.com/~pygmy/
PyGNOME => <reply> $who, A set of bindings for the GNOME libraries for use with python. URL: ftp://ftp.daa.com.au/pub/james/python/
PyGTK => <reply> $who, A set of bindings for the GTK widget set. URL: http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/
PyKDE => <reply> $who, Python bindings for QT 1.42 and KDE1.1 Code your KDE applications in python.. URL: http://www.river-bank.demon.co.uk/software/
PyKstat => <reply> $who, Python interface to Solaris kernel statistics. URL: http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~annis/creations/pykstat.html
Pynche => <reply> $who, Color Editor. URL: http://www.python.org/~bwarsaw/software/pyware.html
pyobex => <reply> $who, Transfer files via IrDA.. URL: http://www.cs.uit.no/~dagb/irda/
PyORBit => <reply> $who, Python/ORBit (CORBA) Bindings. URL: http://theopenlab.uml.edu/pyorbit/
PyPAM => <reply> $who, Python bindings for PAM. URL: http://www.pangalactic.org/PyPAM/
pypvm => <reply> $who, Provides an interface to the Parallel Virtual Machine to Python. URL: http://flyn.org/
PyQt => <reply> $who, Python bindings for the Qt GUI toolkit. URL: http://www.river-bank.demon.co.uk/software/
Pyrite => <reply> $who, Palm Computing platform communication kit for Python. URL: http://pyrite.linuxbox.com/pyrite/
PyroTechnics => <reply> $who, OpenGL firework simulator. URL: http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~oliphant/pyro/
pyrpg => <reply> $who, The Python Role Playing Game Engine. URL: http://www.doneval.speedhost.com/pyrpg-news.html
PySCI => <reply> $who, Python CLASS. URL: http://www.geocities.com/~mlongval/python/pysci.htm
PySol => <reply> $who, A Python-based Solitaire card game. URL: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
PySol-Cardsets => <reply> $who, A collection of free cardsets for use with PySol. URL: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
pytel => <reply> $who, A simple program to connect remote machines automatically. URL: http://www.linux.org.tw/~plateau/pytel/
Python => <reply> $who, High-level scripting language.. URL: http://www.python.org/
Python-LZO => <reply> $who, Python bindings for the LZO real-time data compression library. URL: http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/lzo.html
Python/Tk Empire Interface => <reply> $who, Cross Platform Empire GUI Client. URL: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~koconnor/ptkei/
Python/XML => <reply> $who, Python modules for XML processing.. URL: http://www.python.org/topics/xml/
pyWeather => <reply> $who, pyWeather gets local weather info and mails it out to any given email address. URL: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~rasclkng/
Q10 => <reply> $who, A basic Qt GUI for manipulating X10's Firecracker devices. URL: http://q10.phlan.net/
Q2Java => <reply> $who, Allows Quake2 games to be written in Java. URL: http://www.planetquake.com/q2java/
Q3Tool => <reply> $who, Command-line Quake 3 (Arena/Test) Tools. URL: http://www.netroedge.com/~phil/q3tool.html
QALE => <reply> $who, A revolutionary approach to Qt dialog layout. URL: http://locutus.kingwoodcable.com/jfd/c++/qale.html
QBrew => <reply> $who, A homebrewer's recipe calculator. URL: http://www.meer.net/~arandir/code.html
qc-net => <reply> $who, A streaming daemon with clients for the B&W Connectix QuickCam.. URL: http://physplant.asd.k12.ak.us/~drzewiecki_adrian/
QCad => <reply> $who, CAD Program. URL: http://www.qcad.org
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spoon => <reply> $who, Parallel execution of command batches for SMP machines. URL: http://www.farcaster.net/xris/spoon/
Sportal => <reply> $who, A file watcher with a GTK frontend.. URL: http://adrazar.ubp.edu.ar:8000/sportal.html
Sportslog => <reply> $who, Gtk+ application for tracking athletic events such as running and cycling. URL: http://www.users.cts.com/crash/s/slogan/sportslog.html
Sporum => <reply> $who, A better web-based dicussion board software. URL: http://smallpig.net/sporum/
Spread => <reply> $who, Group Communications Toolkit for Reliable Multicast. URL: http://www.spread.org/
Sprite32/X => <reply> $who, 2D sprite-based animation for X11. URL: http://members.xoom.com/bitwize/
Sprocket => <reply> $who, . URL: http://sps.ptf.hro.nl/sprocket
sprout => <reply> $who, Converts RISC OS Sprites to XPMs. URL: http://www.soup-kitchen.demon.co.uk/software/
Spruce => <reply> $who, Simple email client coded for X with the Gtk widget set. URL: http://www.xtorshun.org/spruce/
Spy => <reply> $who, LAN Protocol Analyzer. URL: http://pweb.de.uu.net/trillian.of/Spy/
sqlbind8 => <reply> $who, SQL backend to Bind 8. URL: http://bind.linuxos.net
sqlclient => <reply> $who, Graphical SQL client for MySQL. URL: http://www.mysql.com/
sqrmimport => <reply> $who, Import util for the Squirm redirector. URL: http://milosch.net/
SQSH => <reply> $who, A helpful utility for Sybase users andadmins. URL: http://www.voicenet.com/~gray/sqsh.html
Squaroid => <reply> $who, Make points by creating squares on a 8x8 fields board. URL: http://www.azzit.de/squaroid/
Squeak => <reply> $who, New OpenSource, open research, super-portable, Smalltalk-80-based language.. URL: http://squeak.org/
Squeak in one Disk => <reply> $who, Squeak in only one boot disk.. URL: http://members.xoom.com/squeakos/
Squid => <reply> $who, High performance Web proxy cache. URL: http://squid.nlanr.net/
squidGuard => <reply> $who, Fast and flexible redirector, filter and access controller plugin for squid. URL: http://info.ost.eltele.no/freeware/squidGuard/
squidsites => <reply> $who, Squid reporting tool. URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6495/
squid_redirect => <reply> $who, Filter out animated ad banners from your pages. URL: http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/adzap/index.html
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statnet => <reply> $who, Summary of protocols currently being used on LAN.. URL: http://wilcoxon.org/~sewilco/statnet.html
statusd => <reply> $who, Daemon that allows you to check on your servers from remote hosts. URL: http://devplanet.fastethernet.net/status.html
StatWeb => <reply> $who, CGI program to run most UNIX commands, but meant for X10 and lirc.. URL: http://soomka.com/
Steak (Xsteak) => <reply> $who, Steak is a dictionary for Unix Systems.. URL: http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~razi/steak/steak.html
sted => <reply> $who, . URL: http://user.tninet.se/~uxm165t/sted.html
StegFS => <reply> $who, Steganographic File System. URL: http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~adm36/StegFS/
steghide => <reply> $who, A steganography tool. URL: http://www.crosswinds.net/~shetzl/steghide/
Stella => <reply> $who, An Atari 2600 VCS Emulator. URL: http://www.classicgaming.com/stella/
Sticker Book => <reply> $who, Place stickers on a background scene. URL: http://users.powernet.co.uk/kienzle/stickers/index.html
sticky_notes => <reply> $who, Postit note application for GTK and/or GNOME. URL: http://crazylands.org/~nevyn/sticky-notes/
STk => <reply> $who, Scheme with TK bindings. URL: http://kaolin.unice.fr/STk/
stk-mysql => <reply> $who, STk interface to MySQL databases.. URL: ftp://cliffs.ucsd.edu/pub/terry/stk-mysql.tar.gz
stock-simulator => <reply> $who, A stock-trading simulator and game. URL: http://members.tripod.com/viralbs/
stoic => <reply> $who, Freeware web server log analysis tool. URL: http://www.censor.com/harrison/code/
StompBoxes => <reply> $who, Realtime guitar audio effects for Linux. URL: http://www.cs.unr.edu/~urtubia/stompboxes/
Stones of Asterind => <reply> $who, Single-player game. URL: http://www.proaxis.com/~mgelhaus/linux/software/stones/stones.html
STonX => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/nino/stonx.html
STPP => <reply> $who, Versatile tool to include tabular-data into TeX/LaTeX documents.. URL: http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~jahn/tools/stpp/
strace => <reply> $who, System call tracing utility (like trace, truss, etc). URL: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/strace/
stracker => <reply> $who, Console-based MOD music player/tracker. URL: http://stracker.home.dhs.org/
Strawpoll => <reply> $who, Web-based voting booth written using Tcl/Aolserver. URL: http://www.alexium.com/strawpoll/
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TIS Firewall Toolkit => <reply> $who, Software kit for building and maintaininginternetwork Firewalls. URL: http://www.tis.com
tixlpq => <reply> $who, Nice GUI for printmanagement. URL: http://home.t-online.de/home/ingo.voss
Tk3play => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~bef2/
tkAbout => <reply> $who, Summarizes CPU, memory, and disk data in a nice GUI window. URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~tarozax/
TkApache => <reply> $who, GUI Front-End+ for the Apache Web Server. URL: http://eunuchs.org/linux/TkApache/
tkArchive => <reply> $who, modular GUI to unix archive utilities. URL: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~etgold/software/tkArchive/tkArchive.html
tkauth => <reply> $who, Graphical authorization manager (Tk interface to xauth). URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~timhowe/linux/programs/tkauth.html
tkbabel/tclbabel => <reply> $who, Babelfish frontend - command-line and GUI. URL: http://members.home.net/sdanis/tkbabel/
tkBallistic => <reply> $who, Small arms ballistics calculator. URL: http://members.xoom.com/joshua_weage/ballistic/
TkBible => <reply> $who, GUI front-end for BRS bible study software.. URL: http://www.sover.net/~senecal/tkbible.html
tkbind => <reply> $who, tksqlbind is a perl script that will edit sqlbind zones. URL: http://milosch.net/tkbind/
TkBox => <reply> $who, MPEG remote access control client/server architecture. URL: http://caristudenti.cs.unibo.it/~carniani/altafuente/tkbox.html
TKburn => <reply> $who, TCL/TK-Frontend for creating Audio- and Data-CDs. URL: http://computer.freepage.de/linux-azubi/tools.htm
tkcd => <reply> $who, A tcl/tk interface for command line cd player, cdcd.. URL: http://lago.monkey.sbay.org/tkcd/
tkchooser => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~etgold/software/tkchooser2/
TkDesk => <reply> $who, Tk/tcl based X11 Desktop/File manager. URL: http://people.mainz.netsurf.de/~bolik/tkdesk/
tkDict => <reply> $who, Search for dictionary lookups and viewing. URL: http://www.mindspring.net/~john_mcl/tkdict/index.html
TkDiff => <reply> $who, Graphical 2-way diff/merge. URL: http://www.ede.com/free/tkdiff/
tkdpkg => <reply> $who, A front-end for dpkg and alien. URL: http://glug.mrbit.es/
TkDVI => <reply> $who, A TeX DVI previewer based on Tcl/Tk. URL: http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~lingnau/tkdvi/
TkFileman => <reply> $who, A Simple file manager written in Tcl/Tk. URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~joeja/programs.html
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YAMP => <reply> $who, Mp3 player written with GTK+. URL: http://hoosier.penguinpowered.com/yamp.html
Yams => <reply> $who, An e-commerce package written in Perl and utilizing a MySQL database.. URL: http://yams.screamdesign.com/
yank => <reply> $who, Yet another notekeeper.. URL: http://home.ins.de/~m.hussmann/software/yank/
YAP Prolog System => <reply> $who, Prolog Compiler. URL: http://www.ncc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/
YIFF Sound Server => <reply> $who, Sound server with multi-client and network-transparent io library.. URL: http://fox.mit.edu/xsw/yiff/
Yiff! for X11 => <reply> $who, A foxy puzzle game. URL: http://www.iki.fi/wwwwolf/games/xyiff.html
yip => <reply> $who, An enhancement kit for aub. URL: http://yip.boners.com
Yodl => <reply> $who, Yet oneOther Document Language. URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien/yodl/
Yolk => <reply> $who, A perl script and set of modules to implement an eggdrop botnet bot. URL: ftp://ftp.netsplit.com/pub/yolk/
yp-tools => <reply> $who, NIS (YP) clients. URL: http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/linux/nis.html
ypbind-mt => <reply> $who, ypbind-mt is a complete new implementation of a NIS binding daemon. URL: http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/linux/nis.html
YPlayer => <reply> $who, Graphical tool to debug Lex/Bison syntax. URL: http://www.cse.nd.edu/~arodrig6/yplayer/
ypldapd => <reply> $who, LDAP to NIS gateway. URL: http://www.padl.com/ldap-nis_gateway.html
yplot => <reply> $who, A Yorick interface to PLPlot. URL: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/conrad/yplot.html
ypserv => <reply> $who, Simple network lookupservice consisting of databases and processes. URL: http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/nis/ypserv/
ytalk => <reply> $who, Multi-user replacement for the Unix talk(1) program.. URL: http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/espel/ytalk/ytalk.html
Ytree => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.han.de/~werner/ytree.html
yudit => <reply> $who, Unicode text editor for the X Window System. URL: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/
ywho => <reply> $who, Yet Another Who Utility. URL: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/linux.html
yyyRSA => <reply> $who, A paranoid RSA encryption/decryption program.. URL: http://wwwcip.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/~inf24628/yyyRSA/
ZAngband => <reply> $who, Rogue-like roleplaying game. URL: http://thangorodrim.angband.org/
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Airport BWI => The code for the airport in: Baltimore, MD <USA>
Airport BWN => The code for the airport in: Banar Seri Begwan <Brunei>
Airport BWT => The code for the airport in: Burnie (Wynyard) <Australia>
Airport BXO => The code for the airport in: Bissau <Guinea Bissau>
Airport BXS => The code for the airport in: Borrego Springs, CA <USA>
Airport BYK => The code for the airport in: Bouake <Ivory Coast>
Airport BYU => The code for the airport in: Bayreuth <Germany>
Airport BZE => The code for the airport in: Belize City <Belize>
Airport BZN => The code for the airport in: Bozeman MT, <USA>
Airport BZV => The code for the airport in: Brazzaville <Congo>
Airport CAB => The code for the airport in: Cabinda <Angola>
Airport CAC => The code for the airport in: Cascavel, PR <Brazil>
Airport CAE => The code for the airport in: Columbia, SC <USA>
Airport CAG => The code for the airport in: Cagliari <Italy>
Airport CAI => The code for the airport in: Cairo <Egypt>
Airport CAK => The code for the airport in: Akron/Canton, OH <USA>
Airport CAN => The code for the airport in: Guangzhou (Kanton) <China>
Airport CAS => The code for the airport in: Casablanca <Morocco>
Airport CAW => The code for the airport in: Campos, RJ <Brazil>
Airport CAY => The code for the airport in: Cayenne <French Guayana>
Airport CBB => The code for the airport in: Cochabamba <Bolivia>
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beta5 is The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design.
BFI is /B-F-I/ n. See {brute force and ignorance}. Also encountered in the variant `BFMI', `brute force and *massive* ignorance'.
bible is n. 1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as {Knuth} and {K&R}. 2. The most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular language, operating system, or other complex software system.
BiCapitalization is n. The act said to have been performed on trademarks (such as NeXT, {NeWS}, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!solver, EasyWriter) that have been raised above the ruck of common coinage by nonstandard capitalization. Too many {mar...
BiCapitalization2 is really cute, even the 2,317th time they do it. Compare {studlycaps}.
BIFF is /bif/ [USENET] n. The most famous {pseudo}, and the prototypical {newbie}. Articles from BIFF are characterized by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, `cute' misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE"S...
BIFF2 is IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often misuse) of fragments of {talk mode} abbreviations, a long {sig block} (sometimes even a {doubled sig}), and unbounded na"ivet'e. BIFF posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20....
BIFF3 is appear to come from a variety of sites. However, {BITNET} seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address BIFF@BIT.NET.
biff is /bif/ vt. To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility `biff(1)', which was in turn named after the implementor's dog (it barked whenever the mailman came). No relation to {BIFF}.
Big Gray Wall is n. What faces a {VMS} user searching for documentation. A full VMS kit comes on a pallet, the documentation taking up around 15 feet of shelf space before the addition of layered products such as compilers, databases, multive...
Big Gray Wall2 is Recent (since VMS version 5) DEC documentation comes with gray binders; under VMS version 4 the binders were orange (`big orange wall'), and under version 3 they were blue. See {VMS}.
big iron is n. Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of {number-crunching} supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. Term of approval; compare {heavy metal}, oppose {di...
Big Red Switch is [IBM] n. The power switch on a computer, esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM {mainframe} or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This !@%$% {bitty box} is hung again; time to hit the Big Re...
Big Red Switch2 is tune with the company's passion for {TLA}s, this is often acronymized as `BRS' (this has also become established on FidoNet and in the PC {clone} world). It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actuall...
Big Red Switch3 is power feed; the BRSes on more recent machines physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also {molly-guard}). Compare {powe...
the Big Room is n. The extremely large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the p...
big win is n. Serendipity. "Yes, those two physicists discovered high-temperature superconductivity in a batch of ceramic that had been prepared incorrectly according to their experimental schedule. Small mistake; big win!" See {win big}.
big-endian is [From Swift's `Gulliver's Travels' via the famous paper `On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace' by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] adj. 1. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numer...
big-endian2 is has the lowest address (the word is stored `big-end-first'). Most processors, including the IBM 370 family, the {PDP-10}, the Motorola microprocessor families, and most of the various RISC designs current in mid-1991, are big...
big-endian3 is {NUXI problem}. 2. An {{Internet address}} the wrong way round. Most of the world follows the Internet standard and writes email addresses starting with the name of the computer and ending up with the name of the country. I...
big-endian4 is decided to do it the other way round before the Internet domain standard was established; e.g., me@uk.ac.wigan.cs. Most gateway sites have {ad-hockery} in their mailers to handle this, but can still be confused. In particular,...
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blow away is vt. To remove (files and directories) from permanent storage, generally by accident. "He reformatted the wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews." Oppose {nuke}.
blow out is vi. Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and burn}. See {blow past}, {blow up}.
blow past is vt. To {blow out} despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
blow up is vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable. Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go {nonlinear}. 2. Syn. {blow out}.
BLT is /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ n.,vt. Synonym for {blit}. This is the original form of {blit} and the ancestor of {bitblt}. It referred to any large bit-field copy or move operation (one resource-intensive memory-shuffling operati...
BLT2 is and TOPS-10 was sardonically referred to as `The Big BLT'). The jargon usage has outlasted the {PDP-10} BLock Transfer instruction from which {BLT} derives; nowadays, the assembler mnemonic {BLT} almost always means `Branch if Less ...
Blue Book is n. 1. Informal name for one of the three standard references on the page-layout and graphics-control language PostScript (`PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook', Adobe Systems, Addison-Wesley 1985, QA76.73.P67P68, ISBN 0-201-...
Blue Book2 is known as the {Green Book} and {Red Book}. 2. Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk `Smalltalk-80 The Language and its Implementation', David Robson, Addison-Wesley 1983, QA76.8.S635G64, ISBN 0-201...
Blue Book3 is and red books). 3. Any of the 1988 standards issued by the CCITT's ninth plenary assembly. Until now, they have changed color each review cycle (1984 was {Red Book}, 1992 would be {Green Book}); however, it is rumored that th...
Blue Book4 is 1992. These include, among other things, the X.400 email spec and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. See also {{book titles}}.
Blue Glue is [IBM] n. IBM's SNA (Systems Network Architecture), an incredibly {losing} and {bletcherous} communications protocol widely favored at commercial shops that don't know any better. The official IBM definition is "that which binds b...
Blue Glue2 is loathing}. It may not be irrelevant that {Blue Glue} is the trade name of a 3M product that is commonly used to hold down the carpet squares to the removable panel floors common in {dinosaur pens}. A correspondent at U. Minn....
Blue Glue3 is 80 bottles of the stuff hanging about, so they often refer to any messy work to be done as `using the blue glue'.
blue goo is n. Term for `police' {nanobot}s intended to prevent {gray goo}, denature hazardous waste, destroy pollution, put ozone back into the stratosphere, prevent halitosis, and promote truth, justice, and the American way, etc. See {{n...
BNF is /B-N-F/ n. 1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus-Naur Form', a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax of programming languages, command sets, and the like. Widely used for language descriptions but seldom documented anywhere, s...
BNF2 is from other hackers. 2. In {{science-fiction fandom}}, BNF means `Big-Name Fan' (someone famous or notorious). Years ago a fan started handing out black-on-green BNF buttons at SF conventions; this confused the hacker contingent ter...
boa is [IBM] n. Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a {dinosaur pen}. Possibly so called because they display a ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and flat after they have been coiled for some tim...
boa2 is cables for the 370 are limited to 200 feet because beyond that length the boas get dangerous --- and it is worth noting that one of the major cable makers uses the trademark `Anaconda'.
board is n. 1. In-context synonym for {bboard}; sometimes used even for USENET newsgroups. 2. An electronic circuit board (compare {card}).
boat anchor is n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up...
bogo-sort is /boh`goh-sort'/ n. (var. `stupid-sort') The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to {bubble sort}, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in th...
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codewalker2 is As in "This new `vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
coefficient of X is n. Hackish speech makes rather heavy use of pseudo-mathematical metaphors. Four particularly important ones involve the terms `coefficient', `factor', `index', and `quotient'. They are often loosely applied to things you ...
coefficient of X2 is there are subtle distinctions among them that convey information about the way the speaker mentally models whatever he or she is describing. `Foo factor' and `foo quotient' tend to describe something for which the issue ...
coefficient of X3 is example is {fudge factor}. It's not important how much you're fudging; the term simply acknowledges that some fudging is needed. You might talk of liking a movie for its silliness factor. Quotient tends to imply that the ...
coefficient of X4 is "I would have won except for my luck quotient." This could also be "I would have won except for the luck factor", but using *quotient* emphasizes that it was bad luck overpowering good luck (or someone else's good luck ov...
coefficient of X5 is `coefficient of foo' both tend to imply that foo is, if not strictly measurable, at least something that can be larger or smaller. Thus, you might refer to a paper or person as having a `high bogosity index', whereas you ...
coefficient of X6 is bogosity factor'. `Foo index' suggests that foo is a condensation of many quantities, as in the mundane cost-of-living index; `coefficient of foo' suggests that foo is a fundamental quantity, as in a coefficient of fricti...
coefficient of X7 is one of personal preference; e.g., some people might feel that bogosity is a fundamental attribute and thus say `coefficient of bogosity', whereas others might feel it is a combination of factors and thus say `bogosity inde...
cokebottle is /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it it isn't on your keyboard. MIT people used to complain about the `control-meta-cokebottle' commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained rig...
cokebottle2 is commands at MIT. After the demise of the {space-cadet keyboard}, `cokebottle' faded away as serious usage, but was often invoked humorously to describe an (unspecified) weird or non-intuitive keystroke command. It may be due...
cokebottle3 is window manager, `mwm(1)', has a reserved keystroke for switching to the default set of keybindings and behavior. This keystroke is (believe it or not) `control-meta-bang' (see {bang}). Since the exclamation point looks a lot...
cokebottle4 is have begun referring to this keystroke as `cokebottle'. See also {quadruple bucky}.
cold boot is n. See {boot}.
COME FROM is n. A semi-mythical language construct dual to the `go to'; `COME FROM' <label> would cause the referenced label to act as a sort of trapdoor, so that if the program ever reached it control would quietly and {automagically} be tran...
COME FROM2 is FROM'. `COME FROM' was first proposed in a {Datamation} article of December 1973 (reprinted in the April 1984 issue of `Communications of the ACM') that parodied the then-raging `structured programming' {holy wars} (see {consi...
COME FROM3 is the `assigned COME FROM' and the `computed COME FROM' (parodying some nasty control constructs in FORTRAN and some extended BASICs). Of course, multi-tasking (or non-determinism) could be implemented by having more than one `C...
COME FROM4 is label. In some ways the FORTRAN `DO' looks like a `COME FROM' statement. After the terminating statement number/`CONTINUE' is reached, control continues at the statement following the DO. Some generous FORTRANs would allow arb...
COME FROM5 is the statement, leading to examples like DO 10 I=1,LIMIT C imagine many lines of code here, leaving the C original DO statement lost in the spaghetti... WRITE(6,10) I,FROB(I) 10 FORMAT(1X,I5,G10.4) i...
COME FROM6 is statement labeled 10. (This is particularly surprising because the label doesn't appear to have anything to do with the flow of control at all!) While sufficiently astonishing to the unsuspecting reader, this form of `COME FROM...
COME FROM7 is all, control will eventually pass to the following statement. The implementation of the general form was left to Univac FORTRAN, ca. 1975. The statement `AT 100' would perform a `COME FROM 100'. It was intended strictly as a...
COME FROM8 is promised to anyone so deranged as to use it in production code. More horrible things had already been perpetrated in production languages, however; doubters need only contemplate the `ALTER' verb in {COBOL}. `COME FROM' was su...
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theory is n. The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules that is currently being used to inform a behavior. This is a generalization and abuse of the technical meaning. "Whats the theory on fixing this TECO loss?" "Whats the theory on...
theory2 is "Whats the current theory on letting lusers on during the day?" "The theory behind this change is to fix the following well-known screw...."
thinko is /thingkoh/ [by analogy with `typo] n. A momentary, correctable glitch in mental processing, especially one involving recall of information learned by rote; a bubble in the stream of consciousness. Syn. {braino}. Compare {mouso}.
This time, for sure! is excl. Ritual affirmation frequently uttered during protracted debugging sessions involving numerous small obstacles (e.g., attempts to bring up a UUCP connection). For the proper effect, this must be uttered in a fruit...
This time, for sure!2 is heard "Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" The {canonical} response is, of course, "But that trick *never* works!" See {{Humor, Hacker}}.
thrash is vi. To move wildly or violently, without accomplishing anything useful. Paging or swapping systems that are overloaded waste most of their time moving data into and out of core (rather than performing useful computation) and are the...
thrash2 is changing his mind (esp. about what to work on next) is said to be thrashing. A person frantically trying to execute too many tasks at once (and not spending enough time on any single task) may also be described as thrashing. Compa...
thread is n. [USENET, GEnie, CompuServe] Common abbreviation of `topic thread, a more or less continuous chain of postings on a single topic.
three-finger salute is n. Syn. {Vulcan nerve pinch}.
thud is n. 1. Yet another meta-syntactic variable (see {foo}). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo, `bar, `thud, `blat. 2. Rare term for the hash character, `# (ASCII 0100011). See {ASCII} for...
thunk is /thuhnk/ n. 1. "A piece of coding which provides an address", according to P. Z. Ingerman, who invented thunks in 1961 as a way of binding actual parameters to their formal definitions in Algol-60 procedure calls. If a procedure is c...
thunk2 is formal parameter, the compiler generates a {thunk} to compute the expression and leave the address of the result in some standard location. 2. Later generalized into an expression, frozen together with its environment, for later e...
thunk3 is in techspeak is called a `closure). The process of unfreezing these thunks is called `forcing. 3. A {stubroutine}, in an overlay programming environment, that loads and jumps to the correct overlay. Compare {trampoline}. 4. Peop...
thunk4 is manner. "It occurred to me the other day that I am rather accurately modeled by a thunk --- I frequently need to be forced to completion." --- paraphrased from a {plan file}. Historical note There are a couple of onomatopoeic myth...
thunk5 is The most common is that it is the sound made by data hitting the stack; another holds that the sound is that of the data hitting an accumulator. Yet another holds that it is the sound of the expression being unfrozen at argument-e...
thunk6 is inventors, it was coined after they realized (in the wee hours after hours of discussion) that the type of an argument in Algol-60 could be figured out in advance with a little compile-time thought, simplifying the evaluation machi...
thunk7 is thought of; thus it was christened a `thunk, which is "the past tense of `think at two in the morning".
tick is n. 1. A {jiffy} (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of inter...
tick2 is AI simulation is often pejoratively referred to as `tick-tick-tick simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long, independent chains of causes is {handwave}d. 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote char...
tick-list features is [Acorn Computers] n. Features in software or hardware that customers insist on but never use (calculators in desktop TSRs and that sort of thing). The American equivalent would be `checklist features, but this jargon sen...
tickle a bug is vt. To cause a normally hidden bug to manifest through some known series of inputs or operations. "You can tickle the bug in the Paradise VGA cards highlight handling by trying to set bright yellow reverse video."
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berklix => /berk'liks/ n.,adj. [contraction of `Berkeley UNIX'] See BSD. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than among hackers, who usually just say `BSD'.
berserking => vi. A MUD term meaning to gain points *only* by killing other players and mobiles (non-player characters). Hence, a Berserker-Wizard is a player character that has achieved enough points to become a wizard, but only by killing other cha...
Berzerkeley => /b*r-zer'klee/ [from `berserk', via the name of a now-deceased record label] n. Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp. to refer to the practices or products of the BSD UNIX hackers. See {software bloat}, Missed'em-five, {Berkeley ...
beta => /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n. 1. In the {Real World}, software often goes through two stages of testing Alpha (in-house) and Beta (out-house?). Software is said to be `in beta'. 2. Anything that is new and experimental is in...
BFI => /B-F-I/ n. See {brute force and ignorance}. Also encountered in the variant `BFMI', `brute force and *massive* ignorance'.
bible => n. 1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as Knuth and K&R. 2. The most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular language, operating system, or other complex software system.
BiCapitalization => n. The act said to have been performed on trademarks (such as NeXT, NeWS, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!solver, EasyWriter) that have been raised above the ruck of common coinage by nonstandard capitalization. Too many marketroid types...
BIFF => /bif/ [USENET] n. The most famous pseudo, and the prototypical newbie. Articles from BIFF are characterized by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, `cute' misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE"S A K00L DOOD...
biff => /bif/ vt. To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility `biff(1)', which was in turn named after the implementor's dog (it barked whenever the mailman came). No relation to BIFF.
Big Gray Wall => n. What faces a VMS user searching for documentation. A full VMS kit comes on a pallet, the documentation taking up around 15 feet of shelf space before the addition of layered products such as compilers, databases, multivendor netwo...
Big Gray Wall2 => Recent (since VMS version 5) DEC documentation comes with gray binders; under VMS version 4 the binders were orange (`big orange wall'), and under version 3 they were blue. See VMS.
big iron => n. Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of number-crunching supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. Term of approval; compare {heavy metal}, oppose dinosaur.
Big Red Switch => [IBM] n. The power switch on a computer, esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This !@%$% {bitty box} is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch."...
Big Red Switch2 => tune with the company's passion for TLAs, this is often acronymized as `BRS' (this has also become established on FidoNet and in the PC clone world). It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a no...
Big Red Switch3 => power feed; the BRSes on more recent machines physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare {power cycle}, {th...
the Big Room => n. The extremely large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the phone rig...
big win => n. Serendipity. "Yes, those two physicists discovered high-temperature superconductivity in a batch of ceramic that had been prepared incorrectly according to their experimental schedule. Small mistake; big win!" See {win big}.
big-endian => [From Swift's `Gulliver's Travels' via the famous paper `On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace' by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] adj. 1. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric repr...
bignum => /big'nuhm/ [orig. from MIT MacLISP] n. 1. [techspeak] A multiple-precision computer representation for very large integers. More generally, any very large number. "Have you ever looked at the United States Budget? There's bignums for you!" ...
bigot => n. A person who is religiously attached to a particular computer, language, operating system, editor, or other tool (see {religious issues}). Usually found with a specifier; thus, `cray bigot', {ITS bigot}, `APL bigot', `VMS bigot', {Berkele...
bit => [from the mainstream meaning and `Binary digIT'] n. 1. [techspeak] The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a yes-or-no question for which the two outcomes are equally probable. 2. [techspeak] A computational quant...
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blow an EPROM2 => Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs) involved intentionally blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip. Thus, one was said to `blow' (or `blast') a PROM, and the terminology carried over even though the write process on EPROMs is...
blow away => vt. To remove (files and directories) from permanent storage, generally by accident. "He reformatted the wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews." Oppose nuke.
blow out => vi. Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and burn}. See {blow past}, {blow up}.
blow past => vt. To {blow out} despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
blow up => vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable. Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear. 2. Syn. {blow out}.
BLT => /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ n.,vt. Synonym for blit. This is the original form of blit and the ancestor of bitblt. It referred to any large bit-field copy or move operation (one resource-intensive memory-shuffling operation done on pre-...
Blue Book => n. 1. Informal name for one of the three standard references on the page-layout and graphics-control language PostScript (`PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook', Adobe Systems, Addison-Wesley 1985, QA76.73.P67P68, ISBN 0-201-10179-3...
Blue Book2 => known as the {Green Book} and {Red Book}. 2. Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk `Smalltalk-80 The Language and its Implementation', David Robson, Addison-Wesley 1983, QA76.8.S635G64, ISBN 0-201-11371-63 ...
Blue Book3 => and red books). 3. Any of the 1988 standards issued by the CCITT's ninth plenary assembly. Until now, they have changed color each review cycle (1984 was {Red Book}, 1992 would be {Green Book}); however, it is rumored that this conventi...
Blue Book4 => 1992. These include, among other things, the X.400 email spec and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. See also {{book titles}}.
Blue Glue => [IBM] n. IBM's SNA (Systems Network Architecture), an incredibly losing and bletcherous communications protocol widely favored at commercial shops that don't know any better. The official IBM definition is "that which binds blue boxes to...
Blue Glue2 => loathing}. It may not be irrelevant that {Blue Glue} is the trade name of a 3M product that is commonly used to hold down the carpet squares to the removable panel floors common in {dinosaur pens}. A correspondent at U. Minn. reports th...
Blue Glue3 => 80 bottles of the stuff hanging about, so they often refer to any messy work to be done as `using the blue glue'.
blue goo => n. Term for `police' nanobots intended to prevent {gray goo}, denature hazardous waste, destroy pollution, put ozone back into the stratosphere, prevent halitosis, and promote truth, justice, and the American way, etc. See {nanotechnology...
BNF => /B-N-F/ n. 1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus-Naur Form', a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax of programming languages, command sets, and the like. Widely used for language descriptions but seldom documented anywhere, so that i...
boa => [IBM] n. Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a {dinosaur pen}. Possibly so called because they display a ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and flat after they have been coiled for some time. It is...
board => n. 1. In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes used even for USENET newsgroups. 2. An electronic circuit board (compare card).
boat anchor => n. 1. Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up space.
bogo-sort => /boh`goh-sort'/ n. (var. `stupid-sort') The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to {bubble sort}, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, pi...
bogometer => /boh-gom'-*t-er/ n. See bogosity. Compare the `wankometer' described in the wank entry; see also bogus.
bogon => /boh'gon/ [by analogy with proton/electron/neutron, but doubtless reinforced after 1980 by the similarity to Douglas Adams's `Vogons'; see the Bibliography] n. 1. The elementary particle of bogosity (see {quantum bogodynamics}). For instance...
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code police => [by analogy with George Orwell's `thought police'] n. A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to underline a ...
code police2 => violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common.
codewalker => n. A program component that traverses other programs for a living. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source...
coefficient of X => n. Hackish speech makes rather heavy use of pseudo-mathematical metaphors. Four particularly important ones involve the terms `coefficient', `factor', `index', and `quotient'. They are often loosely applied to things you cannot re...
coefficient of X2 => there are subtle distinctions among them that convey information about the way the speaker mentally models whatever he or she is describing. `Foo factor' and `foo quotient' tend to describe something for which the issue is one of...
coefficient of X3 => example is {fudge factor}. It's not important how much you're fudging; the term simply acknowledges that some fudging is needed. You might talk of liking a movie for its silliness factor. Quotient tends to imply that the property...
coefficient of X4 => "I would have won except for my luck quotient." This could also be "I would have won except for the luck factor", but using *quotient* emphasizes that it was bad luck overpowering good luck (or someone else's good luck overpoweri...
coefficient of X5 => `coefficient of foo' both tend to imply that foo is, if not strictly measurable, at least something that can be larger or smaller. Thus, you might refer to a paper or person as having a `high bogosity index', whereas you would be...
coefficient of X6 => bogosity factor'. `Foo index' suggests that foo is a condensation of many quantities, as in the mundane cost-of-living index; `coefficient of foo' suggests that foo is a fundamental quantity, as in a coefficient of friction. The ...
coefficient of X7 => one of personal preference; e.g., some people might feel that bogosity is a fundamental attribute and thus say `coefficient of bogosity', whereas others might feel it is a combination of factors and thus say `bogosity index'.
cokebottle => /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it it isn't on your keyboard. MIT people used to complain about the `control-meta-cokebottle' commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained right back ab...
cold boot => n. See boot.
COME FROM => n. A semi-mythical language construct dual to the `go to'; `COME FROM' <label> would cause the referenced label to act as a sort of trapdoor, so that if the program ever reached it control would quietly and automagically be transferred t...
COME FROM2 => FROM'. `COME FROM' was first proposed in a Datamation article of December 1973 (reprinted in the April 1984 issue of `Communications of the ACM') that parodied the then-raging `structured programming' {holy wars} (see {considered harmfu...
COME FROM3 => the `assigned COME FROM' and the `computed COME FROM' (parodying some nasty control constructs in FORTRAN and some extended BASICs). Of course, multi-tasking (or non-determinism) could be implemented by having more than one `COME FROM' ...
COME FROM4 => label. In some ways the FORTRAN `DO' looks like a `COME FROM' statement. After the terminating statement number/`CONTINUE' is reached, control continues at the statement following the DO. Some generous FORTRANs would allow arbitrary sta...
COME FROM5 => the statement, leading to examples like DO 10 I=1,LIMIT C imagine many lines of code here, leaving the C original DO statement lost in the spaghetti... WRITE(6,10) I,FROB(I) 10 FORMAT(1X,I5,G10.4) in which the trapdoor is just after the...
COME FROM6 => statement labeled 10. (This is particularly surprising because the label doesn't appear to have anything to do with the flow of control at all!) While sufficiently astonishing to the unsuspecting reader, this form of `COME FROM' stateme...
COME FROM7 => all, control will eventually pass to the following statement. The implementation of the general form was left to Univac FORTRAN, ca. 1975. The statement `AT 100' would perform a `COME FROM 100'. It was intended strictly as a debugging a...
COME FROM8 => promised to anyone so deranged as to use it in production code. More horrible things had already been perpetrated in production languages, however; doubters need only contemplate the `ALTER' verb in COBOL. `COME FROM' was supported unde...
COME FROM9 => 15 years later, in C-INTERCAL (see INTERCAL, retrocomputing); knowledgeable observers are still reeling from the shock.
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the X that can be Y => not the true X2 is true Tao." The implication is often that the X is a mystery accessible only to the enlightened. See the trampoline entry for an example, and compare {has the X nature}.
theology => n. 1. Ironically or humorously used to refer to {religious issues}. 2. Technical fine points of an abstruse nature, esp. those where the resolution is of theoretical interest but is relatively marginal with respect to actual use of a desi...
theory => n. The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules that is currently being used to inform a behavior. This is a generalization and abuse of the technical meaning. "Whats the theory on fixing this TECO loss?" "Whats the theory on dinner to...
thinko => /thingkoh/ [by analogy with `typo] n. A momentary, correctable glitch in mental processing, especially one involving recall of information learned by rote; a bubble in the stream of consciousness. Syn. braino. Compare mouso.
This time, for sure! => excl. Ritual affirmation frequently uttered during protracted debugging sessions involving numerous small obstacles (e.g., attempts to bring up a UUCP connection). For the proper effect, this must be uttered in a fruity imitat...
This time, for sure!2 => heard "Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" The canonical response is, of course, "But that trick *never* works!" See {{Humor, Hacker}}.
thrash => vi. To move wildly or violently, without accomplishing anything useful. Paging or swapping systems that are overloaded waste most of their time moving data into and out of core (rather than performing useful computation) and are therefore s...
thread => n. [USENET, GEnie, CompuServe] Common abbreviation of `topic thread, a more or less continuous chain of postings on a single topic.
three-finger salute => n. Syn. {Vulcan nerve pinch}.
thud => n. 1. Yet another meta-syntactic variable (see foo). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo, `bar, `thud, `blat. 2. Rare term for the hash character, `# (ASCII 0100011). See ASCII for other synony...
thunk => /thuhnk/ n. 1. "A piece of coding which provides an address", according to P. Z. Ingerman, who invented thunks in 1961 as a way of binding actual parameters to their formal definitions in Algol-60 procedure calls. If a procedure is called wi...
tick => n. 1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the ...
tick-list features => [Acorn Computers] n. Features in software or hardware that customers insist on but never use (calculators in desktop TSRs and that sort of thing). The American equivalent would be `checklist features, but this jargon sense of th...
tickle a bug => vt. To cause a normally hidden bug to manifest through some known series of inputs or operations. "You can tickle the bug in the Paradise VGA cards highlight handling by trying to set bright yellow reverse video."
tiger team => [U.S. military jargon] n. A team whose purpose is to penetrate security, and thus test security measures. These people are paid professionals who do hacker-type tricks, e.g., leave cardboard signs saying "bomb" in critical defense insta...
tiger team2 => "Your codebooks have been stolen" (they usually havent been) inside safes, etc. After a successful penetration, some high-ranking security type shows up the next morning for a `security review and finds the sign, note, etc., and all he...
tiger team3 => of tiger teams sometimes lead to early retirement for base commanders and security officers (see the patch entry for an example). A subset of tiger teams are professional crackers, testing the security of military computer installation...
tiger team4 => via networks or supposedly `secure comm channels. Some of their escapades, if declassified, would probably rank among the greatest hacks of all times. The term has been adopted in commercial computer-security circles in this more speci...
time sink => [poss. by analogy with `heat sink or `current sink] n. A project that consumes unbounded amounts of time.
time T => /tim T/ n. 1. An unspecified but usually well-understood time, often used in conjunction with a later time T+1. "Well meet on campus at time T or at Louies at time T+1" means, in the context of going out for dinner "We can meet on campus an...
time T2 => Louies itself a bit later." (Louies is a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto that is a favorite with hackers.) Had the number 30 been used instead of the number 1, it would have implied that the travel time from campus to Louies is 30 minutes;...
factpacks/old_test_meanings.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Jehoshua => same as Joshua
Jehovah => self-subsisting
Jehovah-jireh => the Lord will provide
Jehovah-nissi => the Lord my banner
Jehovah-shalom => the Lord send peace
Jehovah-shammah => the Lord is there
Jehovah-tsidkenu => the Lord our righteousness
Jehozabad => the Lord's dowry; having a dowry
Jehozadak => justice of the Lord
Jehu => himself who exists
Jehubbah => hiding , binding
Jehucal => mighty; perfect; wasted
Jehud => Jehudi , praising; conferring
Jehudijah => the praise of the Lord
Jehush => keeping counsel; fastened
Jekabzeel => the congregation of God
Jekamean => the people shall arise
Jekamiah => establishing , or revenging , of the Lord
Jekuthiel => hope , or congregation , of the Lord
Jemima => handsome as the day
Jemuel => God's day; son of God
factpacks/old_test_meanings.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Kirjath-baal => city of Baal , or of a ruler
Kirjath-huzoth => city of streets; populous city
Kirjath-jearim => city of woods
Kirjath-sannah => city of enmity , or of a blackberry bush
Kirjath-sepher => city of letters , or of the book
Kish => hard; difficult; straw; for age
Kishi => hardness; his gravity; his offense
Kishion => hardness; soreness
Kishon => hard; sore
Kithlish => it is a wall; the company of a lioness
Kitron => making sweet; binding together
Kittim => breaking; bruising small; gold; coloring
Koa => hope; a congregation; a line; a rule
Kohath => congregation; wrinkle; bluntness
Kolariah => voice of the Lord
Korah => baldness; ice; frost
Kushaiah => same as Kishi
Laadah => to assemble together; to testify; passing over
Laadan => for pleasure; devouring; judgment
Laban => white; shining; gentle; brittle
Labana => the moon; whiteness; frankincense
factpacks/old_test_meanings.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Noah => that quavers or totters (Zelophehad's daughter)
Nob => discourse; prophecy
Nobah => that barks or yelps
Nod => vagabond; fugitive
Nodab => vowing of his own accord
Noe => same as Noah
Nogah => brightness; clearness
Noha => rest; a guide
Non => posterity; a fish; eternal
Noph => honeycomb; anything that distills or drops
Nophah => fearful; binding
Nun => same as Non
Nymphas => spouse; bridegroom
Obadiah => servant of the Lord
Obal => inconvenience of old age
Obed => a servant; workman
Obed-edom => servant of Edom
Obil => that weeps; who deserves to be bewailed
Oboth => dragons; fathers; desires
Ocran => a disturber; that disorders
Oded => to sustain , hold or lift up
factpacks/old_test_meanings.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Smyrna => myrrh
So => a measure for grain; vail
Socoh => tents; tabernacles
Sodi => my secret
Sodom => their secret; their cement
Solomon => peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses
Sopater => Sosipater , who defends the father
Sophereth => scribe , numbering
Sorek => vine; hissing; a color inclining to yellow
Sosthenes => savior; strong; powerful
Sotai => conclusion in pleading; binding
Spain => rare; precious
Stachys => spike or ear of corn
Stephanas => crown; crowned
Stephen => same as Stephanas
Suah => speaking; entreating; ditch
Succoth => tents; tabernacles
Succoth-benoth => the tents of daughters , or young women; or prostitutes
Sud => my secret
Sur => that withdraws or departs; rebellion
Susanna => lily; rose; joy
factpacks/old_test_meanings.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Thessalonica => victory against the Thessalians
Theudas => flowing with water
Thomas => a twin
Thummim => perfection; truth
Thyatira => a perfume; sacrifice of labor
Tibbath => killing; a cook
Tiberias => good vision; the navel
Tiberius => the son of Tiber
Tibni => straw; hay
Tidal => that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation
Tiglath-pileser => that binds or takes away captivity
Tikvah => hope; a little line; congregation
Tilon => murmuring
Timeus => perfect; admirable; honorable
Timnah => forbidding
Timnath => image; figure; enumeration
Timnath-heres => or Timnath-serah , image of the sun; numbering of the rest
Timon => honorable; worthy
Timotheus => honor of God; valued of God
Tiphsah => passage; leap; step; the passover
Tirhakah => inquirer; examiner; dull observer
factpacks/old_test_meanings.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Zenas => living
Zephaniah => the Lord is my secret
Zephath => which beholds; that attends or that covers
Zepho => Zephon , that sees and observes; that expects or covers
Zer => perplexity
Zerah => same as Zarah
Zerahiah => the Lord rising; brightness of the Lord
Zeredah => ambush; change of dominion
Zeresh => misery; strange; dispersed inheritance
Zereth => same as Zer
Zeror => root; that straitens or binds; that keeps tight
Zeruah => leprous; wasp; hornet
Zerubbabel => a stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion
Zeruiah => pain or tribulation of the Lord
Zethar => he that examines or beholds
Zia => sweat; swelling
Ziba => army; fight; strength
Zibeon => iniquity that dwells
Zibiah => the Lord dwells; deer; goat
Zichri => that remembers; that is a man
Ziddim => huntings; treasons; destructions
factpacks/pTkfunc.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Composite => composite widget class - Perl/TkConstructs
ConfigSpec => Defining behaviour of 'configure' for composite widgets. - Perl/TkConstructs
OnDestroy => Arrange for callback when widget is destroyed. - Perl/TkConstructs
Tk => An overview of an Object Oriented Tk4.0 extension for perl5 - Perl/TkConstructs
Tk::Error => Method invoked to process background errors - Perl/TkConstructs
callbacks => Specifying code for Tk to call. - Perl/TkConstructs
Mwm => Communicate with the Motif(tm) window manager. - TixExtensions
Wm => Tix's addition to the standard TK wm command. - TixExtensions
after => Execute a command after a time delay - TkGeneric Methods
appname => Application name for options and send - TkGeneric Methods
bind => Arrange for X events to invoke callbacks - TkGeneric Methods
bindtags => Determine which bindings apply to a window, and order of evaluation - TkGeneric Methods
configure => Change or inquire the attributes of an object. - TkGeneric Methods
destroy => Destroy one or more windows - TkGeneric Methods
exit => Exit the process - TkGeneric Methods
option => Add/retrieve window options to/from the option database - TkGeneric Methods
options => Standard options supported by widgets - TkGeneric Methods
setPalette => Modify the Tk color palette - TkGeneric Methods
update => Process pending events and/or when-idle handlers - TkGeneric Methods
winfo => Return window-related information - TkGeneric Methods
wm => Communicate with window manager - TkGeneric Methods
grid => Geometry manager that arranges widgets in a grid - TkGeometry Management
factpacks/pTkfunc.fact view on Meta::CPAN
PARSE => Parse perl's pod files. - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/AFTER => support class for Tk::Widget::after - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/COLOREDITOR => a general purpose Tk widget Color Editor (based on tcolor.tcl) - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/FILESELECT => a widget for choosing files - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/FONT => a class for finding X Fonts - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/INTERNALS => what is Perl Tk interface doing when you call Tk functions. - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/PTK => how to make your Tk source portable to other - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/ROTEXT => 'readonly' perl/tk Text widget - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/TABLE => Scrollable 2 dimensional table of Tk widgets - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/TCL-PERL => very old suspect documentation on porting. - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/TEXTUNDO => perl/tk text widget with bindings to undo changes. - perl/TkDocumentation
TK/USERGUIDE => Writing Tk applications in perl5. - perl/TkDocumentation
TKWEB => rough and ready web browser - perl/TkDocumentation
WAITBOX => An Object Oriented Wait Dialog for Perl/Tk, of the Please Wait variety. - perl/TkDocumentation
factpacks/ports.fact view on Meta::CPAN
port 173 => xyplex-mux - Xyplex
port 174 => mailq - MAILQ
port 175 => vmnet - VMNET
port 176 => genrad-mux - GENRAD-MUX
port 177 => xdmcp - X Display Manager Control Protocol
port 178 => nextstep - NextStep Window Server
port 179 => bgp - Border Gateway Protocol
port 180 => ris - Intergraph
port 181 => unify - Unify
port 182 => audit - Unisys Audit SITP
port 183 => ocbinder - OCBinder
port 184 => ocserver - OCServer
port 185 => remote-kis - Remote-KIS
port 186 => kis - KIS Protocol
port 187 => aci - Application Communication Interface
port 188 => mumps - Plus Five's MUMPS
port 189 => qft - Queued File Transport
port 190 => gacp - Gateway Access Control Protocol
port 191 => prospero - Prospero Directory Service
port 192 => osu-nms - OSU Network Monitoring System
port 193 => srmp - Spider Remote Monitoring Protocol
factpacks/ports.fact view on Meta::CPAN
port 2287 => dna - DNA
port 2288 => netml - NETML
port 2294 => konshus-lm - Konshus License Manager (FLEX)
port 2295 => advant-lm - Advant License Manager
port 2296 => theta-lm - Theta License Manager (Rainbow)
port 2297 => d2k-datamover1 - D2K DataMover 1
port 2298 => d2k-datamover2 - D2K DataMover 2
port 2299 => pc-telecommute - PC Telecommute
port 2300 => cvmmon - CVMMON
port 2301 => cpq-wbem - Compaq HTTP
port 2302 => binderysupport - Bindery Support
port 2303 => proxy-gateway - Proxy Gateway
port 2304 => attachmate-uts - Attachmate UTS
port 2305 => mt-scaleserver - MT ScaleServer
port 2306 => tappi-boxnet - TAPPI BoxNet
port 2307 => pehelp - pehelp
port 2308 => sdhelp - sdhelp
port 2309 => sdserver - SD Server
port 2310 => sdclient - SD Client
port 2311 => messageservice - Message Service
port 2313 => iapp - IAPP (Inter Access Point Protocol)
factpacks/rfc_index.fact view on Meta::CPAN
rfc 1519 => Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR): an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy. V. Fuller, T. Li, J. Yu, & K. Varadhan. September 1993. (Format: TXT=59998 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1338) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1518 => An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with CIDR. Y. Rekhter & T. Li. September 1993. (Format: TXT=72609 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1517 => Applicability Statement for the Implementation of Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR). Internet Engineering Steering Group, R. Hinden. September 1993. (Format: TXT=7357 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1516 => Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater Devices. D. McMaster & K. McCloghrie. September 1993. (Format: TXT=82918 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1368) (Obsoleted by RFC2108) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)
rfc 1515 => Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs). D. McMaster, K. McCloghrie & S. Roberts. September 1993. (Format: TXT=52828 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1514 => Host Resources MIB. P. Grillo & S. Waldbusser. September 1993. (Format: TXT=63775 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1513 => Token Ring Extensions to the Remote Network Monitoring MIB. S. Waldbusser. September 1993. (Format: TXT=121974 bytes) (Updates 1271) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1512 => FDDI Management Information Base. J. Case & A. Rijsinghani. September 1993. (Format: TXT=108589 bytes) (Updates RFC1285) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1511 => Common Authentication Technology Overview. J. Linn. September 1993. (Format: TXT=4185 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
rfc 1510 => The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5). J. Kohl & C. Neuman. September 1993. (Format: TXT=275395 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1509 => Generic Security Service API : C-bindings. J. Wray. September 1993. (Format: TXT=99608 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1508 => Generic Security Service Application Program Interface. J. Linn. September 1993. (Format: TXT=111228 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC2078) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1507 => DASS - Distributed Authentication Security Service. C. Kaufman. September 1993. (Format: TXT=287809 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1506 => A Tutorial on Gatewaying between X.400 and Internet Mail. J. Houttuin. September 1993. (Format: TXT=85550 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
rfc 1505 => Encoding Header Field for Internet Messages. A. Costanzo, D. Robinson & R. Ullmann. August 1993. (Format: TXT=63796 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1154) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
rfc 1504 => Appletalk Update-Based Routing Protocol: Enhanced Appletalk Routing. A. Oppenheimer. August 1993. (Format: TXT=201553 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
rfc 1503 => Algorithms for Automating Administration in SNMPv2 Managers. K. McCloghrie & M. Rose. August 1993. (Format: TXT=33542 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
rfc 1502 => X.400 Use of Extended Character Sets. H. Alvestrand. August 1993. (Format: TXT=27976 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
rfc 1501 => OS/2 User Group. E. Brunsen. August 1993. (Format: TXT=3636 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
rfc 1500 => Internet Official Protocol Standards. J. Postel. August 1993. (Format: TXT=79557 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1410) (Obsoleted by RFC1540, RFC2200) (Status: HISTORIC)
rfc 1499 => Summary of 1400-1499. J. Elliott. January 1997. (Format: TXT=40923 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
factpacks/security.fact view on Meta::CPAN
ADP => Automated Data Processing - Synonymous with automated information systems security.
availability => The prevention of the unauthorised withholding of information or resources.
back door => Synonymous with trap door.
backup plan => Synonymous with contingency plan.
bandwidth => Rate at which information is transmitted through a channel=2E (See channel capacity) Note: Bandwidth is originally a term used in analog communication, measured in Hertz, and related to information rate by the "sampling theorem" (genera...
basic component => a component that is identifiable at the lowest hierarchical level of specification produced during Detailed Design.
bell-La padula model => A formal state transition model of computer security policy that describes a set of access control rules. In this formal model, the entities in a computer system are divided into abstract sets of subjects and objects. The not...
benign environment => A nonhostile environment that may be protected from external hostile elements by physical, personnel, and procedural security countermeasures.
between-the-lines entry => Unauthorized access obtained by tapping the temporarily inactive terminal of a legitimate user.
beyond A1 => A level of trust defined by the DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) that is beyond the state-of-the-art technology available at the time the criteria were developed. It includes all the A1-level features plus additio...
binding of security functionality => The ability of security enforcing functions and mechanisms to work together in a way which is mutually supportive and provides an integrated and effective whole.
bit => Short for binary digit - 0 or 1. Keys are strings of bits.
browsing => The act of searching through storage to locate or acquire information without necessarily knowing of the existence or the format of the information being sought.
call back => A procedure for identifying a remote terminal. In a call back, the host system disconnects the caller and then dials the authorized telephone number of the remote terminal to reestablish the connection. Synonymous with dial back.
CTCPEC => Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria - Canadian secure products criteria.
candidate TCB subset => The identification of the hardware, firmware, and software that make up the proposed TCB subset, along with the identification of its subjects and objects; one of the conditions for evaluation by parts.
capability => A protected identifier that both identifies the object and specifies the access rights to be allowed to the accessor who possesses the capability. In a capability-based system, access to protected objects such as files is granted if the...
category => A restrictive label that has been applied to classified or unclassified data as a means of increasing the protection of the data and further restricting access to the data.
cellular transmission => Data transmission via interchangeable wireless (radio) communications in a network of numerous small geographic cells. Most current technology is analog - represented as electrical levels, not bits. However, the trend is towa...
certification => The technical evaluation of a system's security features, made as part of and in support of the approval/accreditation process, that establishes the extent to which a particular computer system's design and implementation meet a set ...
certification body => an independent and impartial national organisation that performs certification.
factpacks/security.fact view on Meta::CPAN
mechanism => Operating system entry point or separate operating system support program that performs a specific action or related group of actions.
metadata => (1) Data referring to other data; data (such as data structures, indices, and pointers) that are used to instantiate an abstraction (such as "process," "task," "segment," "file," or "pipe"). (2) A special database, also referred to as a d...
mimicking => Synonymous with spoofing.
modes of operation => A description of the conditions under which an AIS functions, based on the sensitivity of data processed and the clearance levels and authorizations of the users.
multilevel device => A device that is used in a manner that permits it to simultaneously process data of two or more security levels without risk of compromise. To accomplish this, sensitivity labels are normally stored on the same physical medium a...
multilevel secure => A class of system containing information with different sensitivities that simultaneously permits access by users with different security clearances and needs-to- know, but prevents users from obtaining access to information for ...
multilevel security mode => the mode of operation that allows two or more classification levels of information to be processed simultaneously within the same system when some users are not cleared for all levels of information present. Compare Dedica...
mutually suspicious => The state that exists between interacting processes (subsystems or programs) in which neither process can expect the other process to function securely with respect to some property.
NCSC => National Computer Security Center - Originally named the DoD Computer Security Center, the NCSC is responsible for encouraging the widespread availability of trusted computer systems throughout the Federal Government.
NSDD 145 => National Security Decision Directive 145 - Signed by President Reagan on l7 September l984, this directive is entitled "National Policy on Telecommunications and Automated Information Systems Security." It provides initial objectives, pol...
NTISSD => National Telecommunications and Information System Security Directives - NTISS Directives establish national-level decisions relating to NTISS policies, plans, programs, systems, or organizational delegations of authority. NTISSDs are promu...
NTISSI => National Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Advisory Memoranda/ Instructions - NTISS Advisory Memoranda and Instructions provide advice, assistance, or information of general interest on telecommunications and systems secur...
need to know => (1) Access to, or knowledge or possession of, specific information required to carry out official duties. (2) The necessity for access to, knowledge of, or possession of specific information required to carry out official duties.
network architecture => the set of layers and protocols (including formats and standards that different hardware/software must comply with to achieve stated objectives) which define a Network.
network component => a network subsystem which is evaluatable for compliance with the trusted network interpretations, relative to that policy induced on the component by the overall network policy.
network connection => A network connection is any logical or physical path from one host to another that makes possible the transmission of information from one host to the other. An example is a TCP connection. But also, when a host transmits an IP ...
network reference monitor => an access control concept that refers to an abstract machine that mediates all access to objects within the network by subjects within the network.
network security => the protection of networks and their services from unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure. Providing an assurance that the network performs its critical functions correctly and there are no harmful side-effects. Inc...
network security architecture => a subset of network architecture specifically addressing security-relevant issues.
network sponsor => the individual or organization that is responsible for stating the security policy enforced by the network, for designing the network security architecture to properly enforce that policy, and for ensuring that the network is imple...
network system => a system which is implemented with a collection of interconnected network components. A network system is based on a coherent security architecture and design.
factpacks/techdict.fact view on Meta::CPAN
MPEG => (Moving Pictures Expert Group) This is a format for compressing video in a format similar to JPEG. It works.
MTBF => (Mean Time Between Failures) This is a time normally given in hours that predicts the failure of a device. The larger the number the better.
Multi-Threaded => Some operating systems allow multiple parts, or threads, of a single process to run simultaneously. These OSs are referred to as multi-threaded. UNIX is a multi-threaded OS, as is Windows NT.
Multi-tier client server => This is a form of client/server application that uses the multi-tiered architecture.
Multi-tiered architecture => This is the most scalable application architecture (over 2-tier and 3-tier). This architecture refers to 4-, 5-, or even higher-tiered architectures. It is the most complex type of architecture, splitting the application ...
Multicast IP => This is a form of TCP/IP being proposed that will allow for high-bandwidth transmissions (like television channels) to be broadcast over the Internet to all the routers in the world (possibly) that are connected to someone watching th...
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions => (MIME) This refers to functions used for the attachment of binary files to an e-mail message. MIME is the most common group of functions used to make this translation, and allows us to tack on graphics, sound,...
n-tuple => ((pronounced en-too-pull)) This is a mathematical term for a finite sequence of n terms. For example, the set {1, 2, 3, 4} is a 4-tuple. The set {Frank, Jane, Ed} is a 3-tuple. Any time there is a list of n things in a certain order, you c...
Nanosecond => (One billionth of a second) Used most often to measure the speed of memory.
NC => (Network Computer) This is a concept that came from the old days of dumb terminals. They are supposed to reduce the cost of standardized computers in the office environment.
NDIS => (Network Driver Interface Specification) This spec was designed by Microsoft to allow multiple protocols to easily communicate with Network Interface Cards (NICs) without knowing anything about those cards. In theory, you just have to install...
Network => This refers to a group of interconnected computers. The computers must be capable of transferring data to form a true network--you can't just weld a bunch of computers together.
Newsgroups => See Usenet newsgroups
Nibble => Four bits or half a byte.
NIC => (Network Interface Card) The NIC is an add-in board that enables a computer to connect to some form of computer network.
NLX => This is a form factor similar to ATX. The difference is that NLX machines contain a riser card that the other expansion cards are plugged into. This allows for a shorter desktop case.
Non-parity Memory => DRAM that has no error correction or tracking, called parity.
Normal SCSI => This term is commonly used to refer to non-wide versions of SCSI that interface with 50-pin connectors.
NOS => (Network Operating System) This is an operating system designed to run across a network. It refers to the operating system that runs on a server, not the client.
Notebook computer => A computer the size of a notebook. Usually smaller and lighter than a laptop.
Null modem => There really is no "null modem" per se, but usually a null modem cable. This is a cable that connects two computers together via serial port and allows them to communicate. Some hardware manufacturers of network hardware, such as hubs a...
factpacks/weather.fact view on Meta::CPAN
Sambava => FMNS located in Madagascar. 14-17S 050-10E.
Vohemar => FMNV located in Madagascar. 13-22S 050-00E.
Fort-Dauphin => FMSD located in Madagascar. 25-02S 046-57E.
Fianarantsoa => FMSF located in Madagascar. 21-27S 047-06E.
Farafangana => FMSG located in Madagascar. 22-48S 047-50E.
Mananjary => FMSM located in Madagascar. 21-12S 048-22E.
Ranohira => FMSO located in Madagascar. 22-33S 045-24E.
Morombe => FMSR located in Madagascar. 21-45S 043-22E.
Tulear => FMST located in Madagascar. 23-23S 043-44E.
Monbaca Benguela => FNBG located in Angola. 12-35S 013-25E.
Cabinda => FNCA located in Angola. 05-33S 012-11E.
Huambo Nova Lisboa => FNHU located in Angola. 12-48S 015-45E.
Bie Silva Porto => FNKU located in Angola. 12-23S 016-57E.
Luanda => FNLU located in Angola. 08-51S 013-14E.
Mouila => FOGM located in Gabon. 01-52S 011-01E.
Lambarene => FOGR located in Gabon. 00-43S 010-14E.
Bitam => FOOB located in Gabon. 02-05N 011-29E.
Cocobeach => FOOC located in Gabon. 01-00N 009-36E.
Moanda => FOOD located in Gabon. 01-32S 013-16E.
Mekambo => FOOE located in Gabon. 01-01N 013-56E.
Port-Gentil => FOOG located in Gabon. 00-42S 008-45E.
factpacks/weather2.fact view on Meta::CPAN
FMNS => Sambava (Sambava)
FMNV => Vohemar (Vohemar)
FMSD => Fort-Dauphin (Fort-Dauphin)
FMSF => Fianarantsoa (Fianarantsoa)
FMSG => Farafangana (Farafangana)
FMSM => Mananjary (Mananjary)
FMSO => Ranohira (Ranohira)
FMSR => Morombe (Morombe)
FMST => Tulear (Tulear)
FNBG => Monbaca Benguela (Monbaca Benguela)
FNCA => Cabinda (Cabinda)
FNHU => Huambo Nova Lisboa (Huambo Nova Lisboa)
FNKU => Bie Silva Porto (Bie Silva Porto)
FNLU => Luanda (Luanda)
FOGM => Mouila (Mouila)
FOGR => Lambarene (Lambarene)
FOOB => Bitam (Bitam)
FOOC => Cocobeach (Cocobeach)
FOOD => Moanda (Moanda)
FOOE => Mekambo (Mekambo)
FOOG => Port-Gentil (Port-Gentil)
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