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cracker
noun
- a friend, usually white.
What's up crackas?
You my cracka.
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Last edited on Jan 27 1998. Submitted by Nick A. from Narragansett, RI, USA on Jan 27 1998.
- a person who uses computers maliciously. This usually involves "cracking" security.
Some cracker group broke into our Wordpress installation and defaced it.
Citation from Communications of the ACM, Volume 27 (1984) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- Also a racial slur. For more details see here.
Last edited on Jan 05 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 05 2010.
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craplet
noun
- a worthless small program. Often used in reference to the vendor-installed software that comes pre-installed on new PCs and cellular phones. From "crap" + "applet". Also spelled crapplet.
Whenever I buy a new computer, I always reinstall the OS to get rid of all the craplets.
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Last edited on Jul 17 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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crash
noun
- a failure of software or an electronic device.
First my browser crashed, then the entire computer crashed.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
verb - ambitransitive
- of software or an electronic device, to fail.
The video drivers just crashed my system.
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- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
verb - intransitive
- to sleep.
I crashed over at his house last night.
I was so tired after work I just crashed.
She's kind of a sketcher. I can't believe you let her crash at your place.
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Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
- to live temporarily.
Person A: Do you have your own place yet?
Person B: No, I'm crashing at a friend's place in Midtown for now.
Citation from "You've Got Male", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 13 2011.
verb - transitive
- to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. Origin: perhaps derived from a vehicular accident ("crash") which is both unexpected and unwanted.
I hate people who crash my party.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Oct 14 1998. Submitted by Ryan L. from Washington, DC, USA on Oct 14 1998.
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crash and burn
- Aviation slang, "good luck!"
Last edited on Apr 23 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 23 2017.
noun
- in computing, a spectacular crash.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a spectacular failure.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 15 2011.
verb - intransitive
- of an attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex, to fail miserably.
You definitely crashed and burned with her.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Annie P. from New York, NY, USA on Nov 25 2001.
- to failure spectacularly.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 15 2011.
- to fall into a deep sleep and sleep profoundly for a long period of time as the result of mental or physical exhaustion.
After hauling furniture up three flights of stairs all day, he crashed and burned, and slept for 16 hours straight.
Last edited on Jul 05 2013. Submitted by WOLTX from Levelland, TX 79336, USA on Jul 01 2013.
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crippleware
noun - uncountable
- software that has had features disabled to entice people to upgrade to a for-pay or more expensive version.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- lower-priced hardware that has had some part of its capability deliberately disabled to encourage people to purchase a more expensive model.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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cruft
noun - uncountable
- superfluous source code that has yet to be removed.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- in software, layers of poorly written source code that have accumulated over a great length of time.
There's so much cruft that there's no way we're going to be able to implement that feature on schedule.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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crufty
adjective
- of software, poorly built due to the accumulation of code written over a long period of time.
It works decently, but if you crack it open, you can tell it's pretty crufty.
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Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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dehose
verb - transitive
- to repair or fix something that has been hosed.
Could you go dehose the large format printer?
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Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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die horribly
verb - intransitive
- to fail in a grand way.
We just put the beta version on the website, but it turns out it dies horribly whenever users have a printer connected.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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dinky
adjective
- underpowered.
There's no way your dinky car will make it up the mountain.
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Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- small.
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Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
noun
- penis.
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Last edited on Mar 10 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 10 2011.
- a ride on the handlebars of one's bicycle. Australian.
I'll give you a dinky to the park.
Last edited on Jul 26 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 26 2013.
other
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Last edited on Apr 07 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 24 2014.
verb - transitive
- to give someone a ride on the handlebars of one's bicycle. Australian.
We gotta get there quick - I'll dinky you.
Last edited on Jul 26 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 26 2013.
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