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Definition of reinvent the wheel

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':

Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business."
Definitions include: a l33t hax0r.
Definitions include: acronym for "You there?" i.e. "Are you there?"
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Definitions include: to vomit
Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on [the] floor laughing my fucking ass off".
Definitions include: "hacker".
Definitions include: abbreviated form of "baby".
Definitions include: idiot.
Definitions include: an interface designed to hide the complexity of a system.
Definitions include: An annoying fool; idiot. (Used extensively on IRC).
Definitions include: a hack or involving a hack.
Definitions include: acronym for "who gives a fuck".
Definitions include: a particular class of "off-by-one" errors in which the intuitive answer is incorrect.
Definitions include: software that lets third parties monitor a user's activities and personal data.

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Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'wheel':

Definitions include: See third wheel.
Definitions include: a woman who is an authority on everything.
Definitions include: an unimportant person in a larger organization.
Definitions include: when a guy gets a lots of girls or gets affection from lots of girls
Definitions include: a motor vehicle.
Definitions include: a third person participating in an activity with a couple.
Definitions include: salt and a lime to accompany a shot of tequila.
Definitions include: pizza.
Definitions include: an automobile.
Definitions include: turntables.

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