Technogeek Sniglets !!
From the Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
SUPERSTITIATE | To submit a job that abended (an IBM term of "abort-end) previously without making any changes, hoping it will magically work this time. |
ONOSECOND | The amount of time between the pressing of the ENTER key and the realization that you have made a horrible mistake. |
PSCREWDOCODE | The gibberish that results when you put your typing fingers on the wrong set of keys. |
PURGEATORY | Where files go after they are purged. |
STUPIDUPLICATE | To make an error and then copy it. |
BEEPCREEP | One who keeps pressing the ENTER key when the terminal is locked up. |
QUEUE PASA | Looking at a computer's queue list to see what's happening. |
OVERBYTES | Unit of measurement for unavailable disk space. |
PAPER POPPER | A job that prints one line per page and spews paper all over the floor. |
PRINTCRASTINATION | When people go to get their printout, see that the printer is out of paper, and decide to come back later for it. |
GLIP | The stuff you see when you TYPE a file that's binary, not text. |
PASCODE | The extra statements you add to code because the language won't allow mixed-type operations. |
LOG-UP | When you think you are in a subprocess, and you're not, and you log out. |
DEBLINK | When you recompile a program, but forget to relink it, and you can't figure out why the new changes don't work. |