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code</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BAL">BAL</a></td><td><a href="/balanced+computing">balanced computing</a></td><td><a href="/balanced+tree">balanced tree</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BALGOL">BALGOL</a></td><td><a href="/BALITAC">BALITAC</a></td><td><a href="/BALM">BALM</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/balun">balun</a></td><td><a href="/Banach+algebra">Banach algebra</a></td><td><a href="/Banach+inverse+mapping+theorem">Banach inverse mapping theorem</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Banach+space">Banach space</a></td><td><a href="/Banach-Tarski+paradox">Banach-Tarski paradox</a></td><td><a href="/banana+label">banana label</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/banana+phenomenon">banana phenomenon</a></td><td><a href="/banana+problem">banana problem</a></td><td><a href="/bandwidth">bandwidth</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bang">bang</a></td><td><a href="/bang+on">bang on</a></td><td><a href="/bang+path">bang path</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/banner">banner</a></td><td><a 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href="/BASIC">BASIC</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Basic+Assembly+Language">Basic Assembly Language</a></td><td><a href="/BASIC+AUTOCODER">BASIC AUTOCODER</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+COBOL">Basic COBOL</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Basic+Encoding+Rules">Basic Encoding Rules</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Fortran">Basic Fortran</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Input/Output+System">Basic Input/Output System</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Basic+JOVIAL">Basic JOVIAL</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Language+for+Implementation+of+System+Software">Basic Language for Implementation of System Software</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Multilingual+Plane">Basic Multilingual Plane</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Basic+Object+Adapter">Basic Object Adapter</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Object+System">Basic Object System</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Operating+System">Basic Operating System</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Basic+Programming+Support">Basic Programming Support</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Rate+Interface">Basic Rate Interface</a></td><td><a href="/Basic+Service+Set">Basic Service Set</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BASIC+V">BASIC V</a></td><td><a href="/Bastard+Operator+From+Hell">Bastard Operator From Hell</a></td><td><a href="/bastion+host">bastion host</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/batch">batch</a></td><td><a href="/batch+file">batch file</a></td><td><a href="/batch+processing">batch processing</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bathtub+curve">bathtub curve</a></td><td><a href="/baud">baud</a></td><td><a href="/baud+barf">baud barf</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Baudot">Baudot</a></td><td><a href="/Baudotbetical+order">Baudotbetical order</a></td><td><a href="/Baudot+code">Baudot code</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/baud+rate">baud rate</a></td><td><a href="/bawk">bawk</a></td><td><a href="/bay">bay</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/baz">baz</a></td><td><a href="/bb">bb</a></td><td><a href="/BBC">BBC</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BBC+Micro">BBC Micro</a></td><td><a href="/BBC+Microcomputer">BBC Microcomputer</a></td><td><a href="/BBC+Networking+Club">BBC Networking Club</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BBL">BBL</a></td><td><a href="/BBN+Butterfly">BBN Butterfly</a></td><td><a href="/BBN+Technologies">BBN Technologies</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bboard">bboard</a></td><td><a href="/BBS">BBS</a></td><td><a href="/bc">bc</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BCBF">BCBF</a></td><td><a href="/BCC">BCC</a></td><td><a href="/BCD">BCD</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BCL">BCL</a></td><td><a href="/BC+NELIAC">BC NELIAC</a></td><td><a href="/BCNU">BCNU</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BCPL">BCPL</a></td><td><a href="/BCS">BCS</a></td><td><a href="/bd">bd</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BDC">BDC</a></td><td><a href="/BDL">BDL</a></td><td><a href="/BDPA">BDPA</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/be">be</a></td><td><a href="/BEA">BEA</a></td><td><a href="/beamer">beamer</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/beam+search">beam search</a></td><td><a href="/bean">bean</a></td><td><a href="/beanie+key">beanie key</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bearer+channel">bearer channel</a></td><td><a href="/bear+paw">bear paw</a></td><td><a href="/Beats+the+shit+outa+me">Beats the shit outa me</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bebo">Bebo</a></td><td><a href="/BeBOP">BeBOP</a></td><td><a href="/BeBox">BeBox</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BEDO">BEDO</a></td><td><a href="/Bedrock">Bedrock</a></td><td><a href="/beep">beep</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/beeper">beeper</a></td><td><a href="/BEG">BEG</a></td><td><a href="/BEGL">BEGL</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/beige+toaster">beige toaster</a></td><td><a href="/Be+Inc">Be Inc</a></td><td><a href="/BEL">BEL</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/belief+revision">belief revision</a></td><td><a href="/BELL">BELL</a></td><td><a href="/Bell">Bell</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bell">bell</a></td><td><a href="/Bell+103">Bell 103</a></td><td><a href="/Bell+Communications+Research,+Inc">Bell Communications Research, Inc</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bellcore">Bellcore</a></td><td><a href="/bell+curve">bell curve</a></td><td><a href="/Bell+Laboratories">Bell Laboratories</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bell+Labs">Bell Labs</a></td><td><a href="/bells+and+whistles">bells and whistles</a></td><td><a href="/bells,+whistles,+and+gongs">bells, whistles, and gongs</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/benchmark">benchmark</a></td><td><a href="/Bend+Over,+Here+It+Comes+Again">Bend Over, Here It Comes Again</a></td><td><a href="/Benoit+B.+Mandelbrot">Benoit B. Mandelbrot</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Benoit+Mandelbrot">Benoit Mandelbrot</a></td><td><a href="/Bentley+Systems,+Inc.">Bentley Systems, Inc.</a></td><td><a href="/BeOS">BeOS</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BER">BER</a></td><td><a href="/Berard+Object+and+Class+Specifier">Berard Object and Class Specifier</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley">Berkeley</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Berkeley+4.2">Berkeley 4.2</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+EDIF200">Berkeley EDIF200</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+FP">Berkeley FP</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Berkeley+Internet+Name+Domain">Berkeley Internet Name Domain</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+Logo">Berkeley Logo</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+Network">Berkeley Network</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Berkeley+Quality+Software">Berkeley Quality Software</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+Software+Design,+Inc">Berkeley Software Design, Inc</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+Software+Distribution">Berkeley Software Distribution</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Berkeley+Softworks">Berkeley Softworks</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+Unix">Berkeley Unix</a></td><td><a href="/Berkeley+Yacc">Berkeley Yacc</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/berklix">berklix</a></td><td><a href="/Berners-Lee,+Tim">Berners-Lee, Tim</a></td><td><a href="/Bernoulli+Box">Bernoulli Box</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bernoulli+principle">Bernoulli principle</a></td><td><a href="/Bernstein+condition">Bernstein condition</a></td><td><a href="/BERR">BERR</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bertrand">Bertrand</a></td><td><a href="/Bertrand+Meyer">Bertrand Meyer</a></td><td><a href="/Bertrand+Russell">Bertrand Russell</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Berzerkeley">Berzerkeley</a></td><td><a href="/Berzerkley">Berzerkley</a></td><td><a href="/bespoke">bespoke</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/best+effort">best effort</a></td><td><a href="/best+first+search">best first search</a></td><td><a href="/best+fit">best fit</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BETA">BETA</a></td><td><a href="/beta">beta</a></td><td><a href="/beta+abstraction">beta abstraction</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/beta+conversion">beta conversion</a></td><td><a href="/Betamaxed">Betamaxed</a></td><td><a href="/beta+reduction">beta reduction</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/beta+test">beta test</a></td><td><a href="/beta+testing">beta testing</a></td><td><a href="/beta+version">beta version</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bezier">Bezier</a></td><td><a href="/Bezier+curve">Bezier curve</a></td><td><a href="/Bezier+surface">Bezier surface</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bf">bf</a></td><td><a href="/BFI">BFI</a></td><td><a href="/bg">bg</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BGA">BGA</a></td><td><a href="/bgh">bgh</a></td><td><a href="/BGP">BGP</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bh">bh</a></td><td><a href="/BHC+Code">BHC Code</a></td><td><a href="/bi">bi</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bib">bib</a></td><td><a href="/bible">bible</a></td><td><a href="/BIBOP">BIBOP</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BibTeX">BibTeX</a></td><td><a href="/BiCapitalisation">BiCapitalisation</a></td><td><a href="/BiCMOS">BiCMOS</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bidirectional+printing">bidirectional printing</a></td><td><a href="/Bidouilleurs+Sans+Argent">Bidouilleurs Sans Argent</a></td><td><a href="/bi-endian">bi-endian</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BIFF">BIFF</a></td><td><a href="/biff">biff</a></td><td><a href="/Big+bag+of+pages">Big bag of pages</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/big+blue">big blue</a></td><td><a href="/big-endian">big-endian</a></td><td><a href="/Big+Gray+Wall">Big Gray Wall</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/big+iron">big iron</a></td><td><a href="/BIG-LAN">BIG-LAN</a></td><td><a href="/Bigloo">Bigloo</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bignum">bignum</a></td><td><a href="/bigot">bigot</a></td><td><a href="/Big+Red+Switch">Big Red Switch</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Big+Room">Big Room</a></td><td><a href="/big+win">big win</a></td><td><a href="/bijection">bijection</a></td></tr> 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tree</a></td><td><a href="/BIND">BIND</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bindery">bindery</a></td><td><a href="/binding+handle">binding handle</a></td><td><a href="/binding-time+analysis">binding-time analysis</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BinHex">BinHex</a></td><td><a href="/Binhex+4.0">Binhex 4.0</a></td><td><a href="/BinProlog">BinProlog</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bioinformatics">bioinformatics</a></td><td><a href="/BioMeDical+Package">BioMeDical Package</a></td><td><a href="/biometric+device">biometric device</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/biometrics">biometrics</a></td><td><a href="/BIOR">BIOR</a></td><td><a href="/BIOS">BIOS</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BIP">BIP</a></td><td><a href="/bipartite+graph">bipartite graph</a></td><td><a href="/BIPM">BIPM</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bipolar">bipolar</a></td><td><a href="/bipolar+transistor">bipolar transistor</a></td><td><a href="/BIPS">BIPS</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bird-Meertens+Formalism">Bird-Meertens Formalism</a></td><td><a href="/Birds+Of+a+Feather">Birds Of a Feather</a></td><td><a href="/BISDN">BISDN</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bison">Bison</a></td><td><a href="/Bison%2b%2b">Bison++</a></td><td><a href="/BIST">BIST</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bisync">bisync</a></td><td><a href="/bit">bit</a></td><td><a href="/bit+bang">bit bang</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bit+bashing">bit bashing</a></td><td><a href="/bitblt">bitblt</a></td><td><a href="/bit+bucket">bit bucket</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bit+decay">bit decay</a></td><td><a href="/bit+diddling">bit diddling</a></td><td><a href="/bite">bite</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bit+Error+Rate">Bit Error Rate</a></td><td><a href="/bit+field">bit field</a></td><td><a href="/bitmap">bitmap</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bitmap+display">bitmap display</a></td><td><a href="/bitmap+font">bitmap font</a></td><td><a href="/bitmapped+display">bitmapped display</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bit+mask">bit mask</a></td><td><a 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href="/bogotify">bogotify</a></td><td><a href="/bogue+out">bogue out</a></td><td><a href="/BOHICA">BOHICA</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bohr+bug">Bohr bug</a></td><td><a href="/boink">boink</a></td><td><a href="/BOLERO">BOLERO</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bolt,+Beranek+and+Newman,+Inc.">Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc.</a></td><td><a href="/bomb">bomb</a></td><td><a href="/bon">bon</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bondage-and-discipline+language">bondage-and-discipline language</a></td><td><a href="/bonk/oif">bonk/oif</a></td><td><a href="/Booch+method">Booch method</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book">book</a></td><td><a href="/bookmark">bookmark</a></td><td><a href="/Bookreader">Bookreader</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book+titles">book titles</a></td><td><a href="/Bookviewer">Bookviewer</a></td><td><a href="/bool">bool</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Boolean">Boolean</a></td><td><a href="/Boolean+algebra">Boolean algebra</a></td><td><a href="/Boolean+logic">Boolean 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href="/bot">bot</a></td><td><a href="/botmaster">botmaster</a></td><td><a href="/botnet">botnet</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/botnet+herder">botnet herder</a></td><td><a href="/bottom">bottom</a></td><td><a href="/BottomFeeder">BottomFeeder</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bottom+feeder">bottom feeder</a></td><td><a href="/bottom-unique">bottom-unique</a></td><td><a href="/bottom-up+implementation">bottom-up implementation</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bottom-up+model">bottom-up model</a></td><td><a href="/bottom-up+testing">bottom-up testing</a></td><td><a href="/botwar">botwar</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bounce">bounce</a></td><td><a href="/bounce+message">bounce message</a></td><td><a href="/boundary+scan">boundary scan</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/boundary+value">boundary value</a></td><td><a href="/boundary+value+analysis">boundary value analysis</a></td><td><a href="/bounded">bounded</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/boundedly+complete">boundedly complete</a></td><td><a 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<tr><td><a href="/Branch+Target+Buffer">Branch Target Buffer</a></td><td><a href="/branch+to+Fishkill">branch to Fishkill</a></td><td><a href="/Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BRB">BRB</a></td><td><a href="/breadcrumbs">breadcrumbs</a></td><td><a href="/breadth-first+search">breadth-first search</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/break">break</a></td><td><a href="/break-even+point">break-even point</a></td><td><a href="/breakpoint">breakpoint</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/break+statement">break statement</a></td><td><a href="/breath-of-life+packet">breath-of-life packet</a></td><td><a href="/breedle">breedle</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BRH">BRH</a></td><td><a href="/BRI">BRI</a></td><td><a href="/Brian+Reid">Brian Reid</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BRIDGE">BRIDGE</a></td><td><a href="/bridge">bridge</a></td><td><a href="/Bridgetalk">Bridgetalk</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/briefcase">briefcase</a></td><td><a href="/brightness">brightness</a></td><td><a 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