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sneakernet 
noun
- a metaphorical computer network for data transfer. The "network" is actually the physical carrying of media from one location to another.
Person A: It's taking forever for me to copy that game from your computer.
Person B: Just burn it onto a DVD and use the sneakernet.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Dec 06 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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S/N ratio
noun
- abbreviated form of signal-to-noise ratio. "SNR" is also used.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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sock puppet
noun
- in an online community, a second account created by an account-holder. This second account is kept seemingly independent of the first.
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Last edited on Nov 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.
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software rot
noun - uncountable
- a hypothetical affliction that causes programs to run more poorly over time. Software doesn't actually rot, rather a program's assumptions may become out of date, newer operating systems may not function in exactly the same way, etc.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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spaghetti code
noun - uncountable
- code whose overall structure is difficult to understand.
I don't understand why we keep Jim on. I'm tired of trying to decipher his spaghetti code.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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spam
noun
- unsolicited advertisements sent in bulk via e-mail.
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Last edited on Jan 19 1997. Submitted by Jeff Mustin from Bentonville, AR, USA on Jan 19 1997.
- advertisements posted in any inappropriate place on the internet (blog comments, discussion forums, etc.)
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Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- any excessive quantity of communication in a medium that isn't appropriate for it. For example, sending hundreds of lines of nonsense in a chat-room.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- multiple copies of an identical or nearly-identical message sent to a large number of internet discussion groups.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- off-topic messages posted to an internet forum.
He's been posting UFO conspiracy theory spam to Usenet for years.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- multiple copies of a message sent to a discussion forum.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
verb - ambitransitive
- to send or post "spam" as described in the noun senses.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
origin
- From a Monty Python sketch about Spam. Some Vikings are singing a song about Spam so loudly that no one else can communicate.
Last edited on Jan 22 1999. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999.
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spam account
noun
- a free e-mail address one uses for unimportant web signups, with the expectation that the e-mail address will receive lots of spam.
My spam account has apparently exceeded the size limit.
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Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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spamvertize
verb - ambitransitive
- to advertise using spam and "spammy" techniques.
Citation from "Watch Out For Pop-Up Spams Selling Pop-Up Spam Blockers", Information Week, David Strom, December 19 2003 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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special-case
verb - transitive
- in computing, to solve a problem or a bug by detecting for and addressing the specific circumstances that lead to it, rather than writing a more general solution.
We're so close to shipping the software that I'm going to have to special-case this bug.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 15 2011.
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spec out
verb - transitive
- to write a spec (specification.)
Over the next week I'm going to spec out the new UI framework.
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Last edited on Aug 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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