• acronym for "thanks in advance". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

noun

• A project that consumes unbounded amounts of time.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• acronym for "too long; didn't read."

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

noun

• a unpowerful computer.

  You could run this program on any dumb toaster.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• A specialized computer used as an appliance, e.g. the "video toaster."

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• acronym for "ta ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.") Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

  by Morgan D., Seattle, WA, USA, Aug 30 2003.

• "talk to you later," abbreviation used in online chat.

  by Morgan D., Seattle, WA, USA, Aug 30 2003.

• Talk To You Later

  by Simbry R., Jun 06 2006.

verb

• To change something in a small way. Bits, for example, are often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or knobs implies much less sense of purpose than toggling it. To speak of twiddling a bit connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't specify what you're doing to the bit; 'toggling a bit' has a more specific meaning

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• acronym for "thank you". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

adjective

• Can also imply that the implementation is much simpler than the appearance would indicate.

  Under the hood, we are just fork/execing the shell.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• Used to introduce the underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea).

  Let's now look under the hood to see how...

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• Inside a chassis

  Under the hood, this baby has a 40MHz 68030!

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• Products announced far in advance of any release (which may or may not actually take place).

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• "Real world" time (what the clock on the wall shows), as opposed to the system clock's idea of time.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• The real running time of a program, as opposed to total the number of processor cycles required to execute it (on a timesharing system these always differ, as no one program gets all the ticks, and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support one may get more processor time than real time).

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• pirated commercial software.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

noun

• A computer subculture of people who trade in illegal copies of copyrighted software.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• A small, misfeature that sticks out of an otherwise clean design. localized ugliness.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• a state of being identified by the feeling of nausea, irritability, body aching, and headaches that result from staying awake too long (with or w/out the assistance of controlled substances).

  Man! you look wedged.

  by Mike S., Phoenix, AZ, USA, May 28 1999.

• To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. This is different from having crashed. If the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning. If the system is wedged, it is trying to do something but cannot make progress; it may be capable of doing a few things, but not be fully operational.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software.

  by Stefan Z., Sweden, Oct 24 2002.