Browsing page 39 of words meaning computer slang (533 words total)

noun

• "password."

  What's your PW?

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  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• "password."

  If u forgot ur pwd then u need to reset it.

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  Last edited on Feb 11 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb - transitive

• Alternate spelling of own.
  
  Likely originated from a misspelling of "own" due to the proximity of the "O" and "P" keys on the QWERTY keyboard. A term mostly used by computer gamers.

  Get ready to be pwned!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Epic Win", Slate, Christopher Beam, Oct 15 2008 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Apr 14 2010. Submitted by Matt from Radcliff, KY, USA on Jan 04 2003.

• to own someone with a pistol. Usually in a video game.
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  Last edited on Feb 04 2005. Submitted by Tensore @. on Feb 04 2005.

notes

• Folk etymology: from "power" + "own".
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  Last edited on Aug 04 2008. Submitted by Jacob M. on Aug 04 2008.

adjective

• "quiet".
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  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

noun

• "cutie." Used in online chatting.
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  Last edited on Jun 07 2007. Submitted by Lamar Haslam from Buffalo, NY, USA on Jun 07 2007.

other

• shortened, phonetic version of "are".

  They r up to no good again.

  There r not enough females in the world.

  First tell me what the hell you r doing this weekend.

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  Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Maurice J. from Fall River, MA, USA on Nov 21 2002.

noun - uncountable

• any limited resource measured in units of area. For example, the area available for components on the surface of an integrated circuit, the amount of floorspace in an equipment room, and the amount of space on a computer desktop.

  The ads are taking up too much real estate on the home page.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

verb

• to "invent" a solution to a problem that has already been solved, or to implement yet another solution to a solved problem. While the term is usually used pejoratively, it is recognized that many tools have evolved over the years. (Cars don't have stone wheels, for example.)

  Management has a serious case of NIH syndrome, so we do a lot of reinventing the wheel.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.