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srs bzns
noun - uncountable
- "serious business".
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Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 07 2010.
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srsly
adverb
- "seriously."
Gamer, after a victory: Oh hell yeah!
Teammate: srsly.- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Jun 22 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 31 2009.
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stand up
adjective
- moral, proper, decent.
He's a stand-up guy.
Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
verb - transitive
- to skip a pre-arranged meeting, especially a date.
I got stood up last night.
She stood me up!
Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to abandon, leave a person.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 24 2001.
- to install.
I stood up that new server last night.
Features: easily stood up.
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Last edited on Apr 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 07 2011.
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STFU
interjection
- acronym for "shut the fuck up". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)
I told that jerk to STFU yesterday.
Stfu.
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Last edited on Apr 07 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 11 2001.
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STFW
interjection
- acronym for "search the fucking web". An aggravated response to someone asking a question that can easily be answered by a web search. Also see RTFM.
Person A: Where can I download Chrome?
Person B: STFW.- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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sth
other
- "something".
Person A: What are you doing?
Person B: Trying to learn sth for class.- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Jun 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 10 2011.
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suitably small
adjective
- used for commentary on something that has been overstated.
Demonstrator: And as you can see, the new software works!
<software crashes>
CEO: Obviously, only for suitably small values of "works."- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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surface
verb - transitive
- in a computing user interface, to present something to the user. Often used in reference to settings.
We should really surface the 'turn off all email notices' setting in the user profile.
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Last edited on Nov 21 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 21 2011.
- to present openly.
Citation from Complete Idiot's Guide to A Career in Computer Programming, Jesse Liberty, 1999 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 30 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 30 2011.
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swap
verb - ambitransitive
- to move information between one's memory and some other source of information, e.g. a book. (These respectively correspond to "fast-access memory" and "slower storage" referred to in the "origin" section below.)
To keep something "swapped in" is to keep it fresh in one's memory. To "swap something out" is to write it down before you forget. To "have swapped something out" is to have forgotten it because - in theory - some other information overwrote it in one's brain.I read the programming manual every few months to keep it swapped in.
Person, being interrupted while writing: Just a second, let me finish swapping this out.
Person A: Which order do the functional parameters go?
Person B: I swapped that out. Let me check the manual.Shit, sorry Kevin, I had your name swapped out.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
notes
- "Page in" and "page out" are synonymous with "swap in" and "swap out", respectively. Page in and page out do have additional meanings which are covered in those entries.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
origin
- In computer speak, to move information from fast-access memory to a slower storage device, e.g. disk ("swap out") or the other way around ("swap in.")
This often refers to loading data from disk into memory as needed (swapping in) and writing the data back to disk when it is no longer needed (swapping out.)- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Feb 17 2018. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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swap out
verb - transitive
- Details are available in the entry for swap. See also page out.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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