Date:  9 August 1983 17:42 mst
From:  Lippard.Multics (James J. Lippard)
Subject:  Miscellaneous Digest V2 #17
Reply-To:  {mbx >udd>Multics>Lippard>misc>misc}
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Miscellaneous Digest                              Volume 2 : Issue 17

Today's topics:
		Administrivia
		Redefinitions
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Date:  9 August 1983 13:54 mst
From:  Lippard.Multics (James J. Lippard)
Subject:  misc digest

The mailbox and archives are now in >udd>Multics>Lippard>misc, along
with indexes to volumes 1 and 2.  The archive off the volume 1 digests
is on tape.  Also note that the link in >udd>Daemon>mailboxes has gone
away.
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Date:  9 August 1983 13:50 mst
From:  Lippard.Multics (James J. Lippard)
Subject:  Redefinitions (from a Phx. Bulletin Board System)

Message: 7764

Author: GORDON KEENE

Category: Chit chat

Subject: REDEFINITIONS

Date: 08/07/83  Time: 17:18:07



ACK:

  A signal indicating that the error-detection circuts

  have failed.

BUBBLE SORT:

  A program for arranging bubbles in any desired sequence

  (by diameter, mass, viscsity, manufacturer, cost, etc.).

BUG:

  1. An undocumented feature. 2. A mythical scapegoat 

  invoked by all sections of the DP industry.

CLOSE:

  To invoke the "File Not Open" error.

COME FROM:

  An instruction to resolve the GOTO controversy.

DYNAMIC HALT:

  The name given, retrospectively, to an endless loop.

NULL:

PLATEN:

  A supplementary print spooling device which can retain

  around 20 lines of print in the absence of paper.

RANDOM:

  1. (Of a number generator) predictible. 2. (Of an ac-

  cess method) unpredictable.

RECURSIVE:

  see RECURSIVE

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