Browsing page 5 of words meaning computers, electronics, technology (587 words total)

adverb

• before. Online chat acronym.

  I knew you B4 we went to the same school together.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: before, prior to.

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

noun

• a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym.
  
  Slang examples include "SHIT" meaning "ship high in transit", "PHAT" meaning "pretty hot and tempting", etc.
  
  "Backronym" is itself an acronym, being "back" + "acronym".
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  Last edited on Feb 11 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• accurate; perfect; right; or generally good.

  That meal was absolutely bang on!

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  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 25 2011.

verb

• Slang term used for basketball meaning to dunk on. Not to be confused to bang meaning something innapropritate. Ex: imma about to bang on him.

  Last edited on Mar 23 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 23 2012.

verb - transitive

• to test something before it is released or presented.

  The beta testers have been banging on the new version for a month. It seems solid, so we're going to start building release candidates.

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  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• a metaphorical hammer that is wielded by operators or moderators when banning one or more users from an online community. Also "ban hammer".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  
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  Last edited on Feb 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 02 2010.

noun

• in computing, an example or placeholder variable. Used in the same way as "foo" and "baz".

  So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and baz is 3. That means foo + bar + baz = 6.

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  Last edited on Dec 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 16 2011.

interjection

• exclamation of disgust.

  You hooked up with him? Like, barf!

  Ugh, it's Monday. Barf!

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  • See more words with the same meaning: gross, disgusting, creepy.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

noun

• used as an example or placeholder variable, in the same way as "foo" and "bar".

  So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and barf is 3. foo + bar + barf = 6.

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  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

noun - uncountable

• vomit.

  You got barf on your shoes.

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  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

verb - intransitive

• to vomit.
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  Last edited on Sep 14 1997. Submitted by JB C. from New York, NY, USA on Sep 14 1997.

• of software, to "crash" (fail) due to input that it doesn't handle properly, or cannot be handle at all. Usually implies that the program emits some spew of messages (or corrupt data) before terminating.

  The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0.

  It turns out it was barfing because I was loading the 32-bit version of the DLL into a 64-bit process.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

noun

• in computing, an example or placeholder variable. Used in the same way as "foo" and "bar".

  So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and baz is 3. That means foo + bar + baz = 6.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Dec 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 16 2011.