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computing</a></td><td><a href="/banana+label">banana label</a></td><td><a href="/bang+on">bang on</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/baroque">baroque</a></td><td><a href="/base+memory">base memory</a></td><td><a href="/baud+barf">baud barf</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/baz">baz</a></td><td><a href="/bear+paw">bear paw</a></td><td><a href="/bells+and+whistles">bells and whistles</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Betamaxed">Betamaxed</a></td><td><a href="/Big+Gray+Wall">Big Gray Wall</a></td><td><a href="/big+iron">big iron</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Big+Red+Switch">Big Red Switch</a></td><td><a href="/Big+Room">Big Room</a></td><td><a href="/big+win">big win</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bit+bucket">bit bucket</a></td><td><a href="/bit+rot">bit rot</a></td><td><a href="/black+box">black box</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/black+magic">black magic</a></td><td><a href="/bleam">bleam</a></td><td><a href="/bloatware">bloatware</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/blow+away">blow away</a></td><td><a href="/blowing+your+buffer">blowing your buffer</a></td><td><a href="/blow+out">blow out</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/blue+dot+syndrome">blue dot syndrome</a></td><td><a href="/bogotify">bogotify</a></td><td><a href="/Bohr+bug">Bohr bug</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/borf">borf</a></td><td><a href="/brain+fart">brain fart</a></td><td><a href="/brittle">brittle</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/brochureware">brochureware</a></td><td><a href="/brute+force+and+ignorance">brute force and ignorance</a></td><td><a href="/burn-in+period">burn-in period</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/bytesexual">bytesexual</a></td><td><a href="/Byzantine">Byzantine</a></td><td><a href="/bzzzt,+wrong">bzzzt, wrong</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/canonical">canonical</a></td><td><a href="/canonicity">canonicity</a></td><td><a href="/card+walloper">card walloper</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Career+Limiting+Move">Career Limiting Move</a></td><td><a href="/casting+the+runes">casting the runes</a></td><td><a href="/catatonic">catatonic</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/chad">chad</a></td><td><a href="/chemist">chemist</a></td><td><a href="/Chip+Jewelry">Chip Jewelry</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/choke">choke</a></td><td><a href="/chomp">chomp</a></td><td><a href="/Christmas+tree">Christmas tree</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/chrome">chrome</a></td><td><a href="/chug">chug</a></td><td><a href="/classic">classic</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/clean">clean</a></td><td><a href="/clobber">clobber</a></td><td><a href="/clone">clone</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/clustergeeking">clustergeeking</a></td><td><a href="/COBOL+fingers">COBOL fingers</a></td><td><a href="/cobwebsite">cobwebsite</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/code+grinder">code grinder</a></td><td><a href="/codes">codes</a></td><td><a href="/Commonwealth+Hackish">Commonwealth Hackish</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/compact">compact</a></td><td><a href="/compatible">compatible</a></td><td><a href="/computer+confetti">computer confetti</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/computer+geek">computer geek</a></td><td><a href="/computer+sex">computer sex</a></td><td><a href="/Computer+Software+Configuration+Item">Computer Software Configuration Item</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/computron">computron</a></td><td><a href="/condom">condom</a></td><td><a href="/configuraholic">configuraholic</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/configuration+item">configuration item</a></td><td><a href="/content-free">content-free</a></td><td><a href="/cookie">cookie</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/copious+free+time">copious free time</a></td><td><a href="/core+cancer">core cancer</a></td><td><a href="/core+dump">core dump</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cough+and+die">cough and die</a></td><td><a href="/cracker">cracker</a></td><td><a href="/crack+root">crack root</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/crash+and+burn">crash and burn</a></td><td><a href="/crawling+horror">crawling horror</a></td><td><a href="/creeping+featurism">creeping featurism</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/creeping+featuritis">creeping featuritis</a></td><td><a href="/Crispy+Critters">Crispy Critters</a></td><td><a href="/cruft">cruft</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cruft+together">cruft together</a></td><td><a href="/crumb">crumb</a></td><td><a href="/crunch">crunch</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cruncha+cruncha+cruncha">cruncha cruncha cruncha</a></td><td><a href="/cubing">cubing</a></td><td><a href="/cursor+dipped+in+X">cursor dipped in X</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cyberchondriac">cyberchondriac</a></td><td><a href="/cybercrud">cybercrud</a></td><td><a href="/cyberrhea">cyberrhea</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cyberspace">cyberspace</a></td><td><a href="/cyber-squatting">cyber-squatting</a></td><td><a href="/cyclebabble">cyclebabble</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cycle+crunch">cycle crunch</a></td><td><a href="/cycle+server">cycle server</a></td><td><a href="/dark-side+hacker">dark-side hacker</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/data">data</a></td><td><a href="/dead+tree">dead tree</a></td><td><a href="/deboursification">deboursification</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/de-rezz">de-rezz</a></td><td><a href="/diddle">diddle</a></td><td><a href="/die">die</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/die+horribly">die horribly</a></td><td><a href="/digerati">digerati</a></td><td><a href="/Dilberted">Dilberted</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/disk+farm">disk farm</a></td><td><a href="/disusered">disusered</a></td><td><a href="/DOA">DOA</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/doco">doco</a></td><td><a href="/domainist">domainist</a></td><td><a href="/Dooced">Dooced</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/double+DECkers">double DECkers</a></td><td><a href="/download">download</a></td><td><a href="/downsizing">downsizing</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/down-time">down-time</a></td><td><a href="/Draft+Once+ReUse+Many">Draft Once ReUse Many</a></td><td><a href="/drain">drain</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/drool-proof+paper">drool-proof paper</a></td><td><a href="/dumbed+down">dumbed down</a></td><td><a href="/dynner">dynner</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/easter+egg">easter egg</a></td><td><a href="/Easter+egging">Easter egging</a></td><td><a href="/egosurfing">egosurfing</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/ELIZA+effect">ELIZA effect</a></td><td><a href="/end-to-end+solution">end-to-end solution</a></td><td><a href="/engine">engine</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/epsilon+squared">epsilon squared</a></td><td><a href="/EXCH">EXCH</a></td><td><a href="/eyeball+search">eyeball search</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/face+time">face time</a></td><td><a href="/face-to-face">face-to-face</a></td><td><a href="/fandango+on+core">fandango on core</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/farkled">farkled</a></td><td><a href="/farming">farming</a></td><td><a href="/fascist">fascist</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/fear-driven+development">fear-driven development</a></td><td><a href="/feature">feature</a></td><td><a href="/feature+shock">feature shock</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/fepped+out">fepped out</a></td><td><a href="/field+servoid">field servoid</a></td><td><a href="/film+at+11">film at 11</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/fine+adjuster">fine adjuster</a></td><td><a href="/finn">finn</a></td><td><a href="/firehose+syndrome">firehose syndrome</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/flag+day">flag day</a></td><td><a href="/flame+on">flame on</a></td><td><a href="/flamer">flamer</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/flame+war">flame war</a></td><td><a href="/flap">flap</a></td><td><a href="/FM">FM</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/foo">foo</a></td><td><a href="/foobar">foobar</a></td><td><a href="/fool+file">fool file</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/footprint">footprint</a></td><td><a href="/forked">forked</a></td><td><a href="/form+function">form function</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/for+values+of">for values of</a></td><td><a href="/forward+compatibility">forward compatibility</a></td><td><a href="/fried">fried</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/frotzed">frotzed</a></td><td><a href="/fsck">fsck</a></td><td><a href="/FUD">FUD</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/fum">fum</a></td><td><a href="/furrfu">furrfu</a></td><td><a href="/futz">futz</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Get+a+real+computer!">Get a real computer!</a></td><td><a href="/glue">glue</a></td><td><a href="/gnarly">gnarly</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/gobble">gobble</a></td><td><a href="/go-faster+stripes">go-faster stripes</a></td><td><a href="/gonk">gonk</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/gotcha">gotcha</a></td><td><a href="/granularity">granularity</a></td><td><a href="/graybar+land">graybar land</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/green+bytes">green bytes</a></td><td><a href="/gubbish">gubbish</a></td><td><a href="/gun">gun</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hack">hack</a></td><td><a href="/hackathon">hackathon</a></td><td><a href="/hack+attack">hack attack</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hacked+off">hacked off</a></td><td><a href="/hacked+up">hacked up</a></td><td><a href="/hacker">hacker</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hacking+run">hacking run</a></td><td><a href="/Hackintosh">Hackintosh</a></td><td><a href="/hackish">hackish</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hackishness">hackishness</a></td><td><a href="/hackitude">hackitude</a></td><td><a href="/hack+mode">hack mode</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hack+together">hack together</a></td><td><a href="/hack+up">hack up</a></td><td><a href="/hakspek">hakspek</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hand+cruft">hand cruft</a></td><td><a href="/hand+hack">hand hack</a></td><td><a href="/handle">handle</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hand-roll">hand-roll</a></td><td><a href="/haque">haque</a></td><td><a href="/hard-coded">hard-coded</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hardcopy">hardcopy</a></td><td><a href="/hard-wired">hard-wired</a></td><td><a href="/heatseeker">heatseeker</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/heisenbug">heisenbug</a></td><td><a href="/hello,+sailor!">hello, sailor!</a></td><td><a href="/hexit">hexit</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hit">hit</a></td><td><a href="/hog">hog</a></td><td><a href="/home+box">home box</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/hop">hop</a></td><td><a href="/hosed">hosed</a></td><td><a href="/hungus">hungus</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/ICE">ICE</a></td><td><a href="/icebreaker">icebreaker</a></td><td><a href="/information+island">information island</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/information+overload">information overload</a></td><td><a href="/information+technology">information technology</a></td><td><a href="/interface">interface</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Internaut">Internaut</a></td><td><a href="/Intrusion+Countermeasure+Electronics">Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics</a></td><td><a href="/IRL">IRL</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/IT">IT</a></td><td><a href="/it's+a+feature">it's a feature</a></td><td><a href="/jargon">jargon</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Jargon+File">Jargon File</a></td><td><a href="/JBOPS">JBOPS</a></td><td><a href="/job+security">job security</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/joe">joe</a></td><td><a href="/J.+Random">J. Random</a></td><td><a href="/J.+Random+Hacker">J. Random Hacker</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Just+a+Bunch+Of+Disks">Just a Bunch Of Disks</a></td><td><a href="/keyboard+plaque">keyboard plaque</a></td><td><a href="/kicking+dead+whales+down+the+beach">kicking dead whales down the beach</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/kit">kit</a></td><td><a href="/kludge">kludge</a></td><td><a href="/kluge">kluge</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/kluge+around">kluge around</a></td><td><a href="/lamer">lamer</a></td><td><a href="/Lasherism">Lasherism</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/laundromat">laundromat</a></td><td><a href="/learning+curve">learning curve</a></td><td><a href="/legacy+system">legacy system</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/life">life</a></td><td><a href="/light-weight">light-weight</a></td><td><a href="/like+nailing+jelly+to+a+tree">like nailing jelly to a tree</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/line+666">line 666</a></td><td><a href="/logon">logon</a></td><td><a href="/lose">lose</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/loser">loser</a></td><td><a href="/losing">losing</a></td><td><a href="/loss">loss</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/lossage">lossage</a></td><td><a href="/lost+in+the+underflow">lost in the underflow</a></td><td><a href="/lurking">lurking</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/luser">luser</a></td><td><a href="/Luser+Attitude+Re-adjustment+Tool">Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool</a></td><td><a href="/magic+bullet">magic bullet</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/magic+number">magic number</a></td><td><a href="/mandelbug">mandelbug</a></td><td><a href="/mango">mango</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/marbles">marbles</a></td><td><a href="/marginal">marginal</a></td><td><a href="/meatspace">meatspace</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/meeces">meeces</a></td><td><a href="/memory+dump">memory dump</a></td><td><a href="/memory+farts">memory farts</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/memory+smash">memory smash</a></td><td><a href="/mickey+mouse+program">mickey mouse program</a></td><td><a href="/Microserf">Microserf</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/moby">moby</a></td><td><a href="/mod">mod</a></td><td><a href="/Mongolian+Hordes+technique">Mongolian Hordes technique</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/mouse+arrest">mouse arrest</a></td><td><a href="/mouse+droppings">mouse droppings</a></td><td><a href="/mouse+elbow">mouse elbow</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/mouso">mouso</a></td><td><a href="/MPG">MPG</a></td><td><a href="/multician">multician</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/mumble+mode">mumble mode</a></td><td><a href="/mundane">mundane</a></td><td><a href="/My+Favourite+Toy+Language">My Favourite Toy Language</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/N">N</a></td><td><a href="/nadger">nadger</a></td><td><a href="/nagware">nagware</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/nanofortnight">nanofortnight</a></td><td><a href="/neats+vs.+scruffies">neats vs. scruffies</a></td><td><a href="/netdead">netdead</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/network,+the">network, the</a></td><td><a href="/newbie">newbie</a></td><td><a href="/newline">newline</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/number+crunching">number crunching</a></td><td><a href="/Object+Value">Object Value</a></td><td><a href="/octet">octet</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/off-line">off-line</a></td><td><a href="/off-line+world">off-line world</a></td><td><a href="/one-banana+problem">one-banana problem</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/on-line">on-line</a></td><td><a href="/orthogonal">orthogonal</a></td><td><a href="/overflow+pdl">overflow pdl</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/penis+war">penis war</a></td><td><a href="/peon">peon</a></td><td><a href="/percussive+maintenance">percussive maintenance</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/phreaking">phreaking</a></td><td><a href="/physical">physical</a></td><td><a href="/pilot+error">pilot error</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/pipe">pipe</a></td><td><a href="/playte">playte</a></td><td><a href="/plokta">plokta</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/plug+and+play">plug and play</a></td><td><a href="/pnambic">pnambic</a></td><td><a href="/prepend">prepend</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/priority+interrupt">priority interrupt</a></td><td><a href="/programming+fluid">programming fluid</a></td><td><a href="/pron">pron</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/propeller+head">propeller head</a></td><td><a href="/protoduction">protoduction</a></td><td><a href="/pseudo">pseudo</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/pumpkin">pumpkin</a></td><td><a href="/purple+wire">purple wire</a></td><td><a href="/quick-and-dirty">quick-and-dirty</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/quiesce+time">quiesce time</a></td><td><a href="/qux">qux</a></td><td><a href="/raster+blaster">raster blaster</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/ravioli+code">ravioli code</a></td><td><a href="/read-only+user">read-only user</a></td><td><a href="/real+estate">real estate</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Real+Soon+Now">Real Soon Now</a></td><td><a href="/red+wire">red wire</a></td><td><a href="/reinvent+the+wheel">reinvent the wheel</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/retronym">retronym</a></td><td><a href="/return+from+the+dead">return from the dead</a></td><td><a href="/rice+box">rice box</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/roach">roach</a></td><td><a href="/rococo">rococo</a></td><td><a href="/round+tape">round tape</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/RTFB">RTFB</a></td><td><a href="/RTFM">RTFM</a></td><td><a href="/RTFS">RTFS</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/runic">runic</a></td><td><a href="/rusty+iron">rusty iron</a></td><td><a href="/sacred">sacred</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/saga">saga</a></td><td><a href="/sagan">sagan</a></td><td><a href="/sandbox">sandbox</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Saturday-night+special">Saturday-night special</a></td><td><a href="/schr%c3%b6dinbug">schrödinbug</a></td><td><a href="/scram+switch">scram switch</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/screw">screw</a></td><td><a href="/Search+The+Fucking+Web">Search The Fucking Web</a></td><td><a href="/shelfware">shelfware</a></td></tr> 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href="/spin">spin</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/squirt+the+bird">squirt the bird</a></td><td><a href="/stand-alone">stand-alone</a></td><td><a href="/state">state</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/stiffy">stiffy</a></td><td><a href="/Stone+Age">Stone Age</a></td><td><a href="/store">store</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/studlycaps">studlycaps</a></td><td><a href="/suicideware">suicideware</a></td><td><a href="/suitably+small">suitably small</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/sun+lounge">sun lounge</a></td><td><a href="/SWAG">SWAG</a></td><td><a href="/system+operator">system operator</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/tanked">tanked</a></td><td><a href="/tar+and+feather">tar and feather</a></td><td><a href="/TCB">TCB</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/technology">technology</a></td><td><a href="/text-based">text-based</a></td><td><a href="/thanks+in+advance">thanks in advance</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/thicket">thicket</a></td><td><a href="/thinko">thinko</a></td><td><a 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