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clicker 
noun
- remote control, usually for a television.
Hand me the clicker.
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Last edited on Jun 25 2010. Submitted by Lorraine from Toronto, ON, Canada on Mar 16 2002.
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clobber
verb - transitive
- to strike a heavy blow.
His car got clobbered by a freight train.
Citation from "Sally Teel", Sons of Tucson (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 12 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Daniel D. on Oct 28 2003.
- in computing: to overwrite data, usually unintentionally.
I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack.
Citation from Common LISPcraft (book), Robert Wilensky, 1986 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- to defeat.
The Bears clobbered the Cardinal.
Last edited on Jan 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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CNBU
- acronym for "cannot be unseen". Used as a warning on links to disturbing images or videos. Compare with "NSFW".
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Last edited on Jul 10 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 10 2010.
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coaster
noun
- a CD or DVD that was unsuccessfully burned, and is then useless except for as a coaster.
That cheap DVD-creation software that came with my new drive keeps making coasters.
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Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
- unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail. For example, installation CDs for AOL.
In the 90s, AOL was notorious for mass-mailing coasters.
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Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
verb - transitive
- to ruin writable optical media via a write ("burn") attempt which fails.
My computer's so slow I coastered five CDs last week.
Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Phil from Berkeley, CA, USA on Aug 16 2002.
notes
- Regarding the noun senses of this term, "beermat" is (allegedly) used in the UK.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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code monkey
noun
- a person who writes (source) code; "programmer".
I've been a code monkey since before you were born.
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Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who is only capable of (or only tasked with) "pumping out" source code, but who doesn't perform higher-level tasks such as the analysis and design of software architectures.
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Last edited on Nov 05 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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compooter
noun
- a computer that malfunctions frequently. See poo.
Dude, what's up with the compooter? I need to get on the web.
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Last edited on Jun 07 2007. Submitted by Lamar Haslam from Buffalo, NY, USA on Jun 07 2007.
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compy
noun
- "computer".
Did you ever get that virus off your compy?
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Last edited on Mar 17 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 17 2013.
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considered harmful
adjective
- phrasing used to espouse the belief that something is (or should be) considered a bad idea. Used in tech circles, the expression is a nod to Edsger W. Dijkstra's March 1968 note in Communications of the ACM called: Goto Statement Considered Harmful.
Getting wasted considered harmful.
"Getting wasted considered harmful" considered harmful.
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Last edited on Nov 05 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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context switch
verb - intransitive
- to switch between tasks, requiring one to switch their focus on the new task.
I've calculated that I lose an hour of productivity each day due to the cost of context switching from my programming work to email and back.
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Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
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copy-pasta
noun - uncountable
- something repeatedly posted on an internet-based discussion forum. From "copy-paste".
I've seen that copy-pasta a thousand times. He's not making any new arguments.
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Last edited on Jan 05 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 25 2010.
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