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  • magic number
    [UNIX/C] n. 1. In source code, some non-obvious constant whose value is significant to the operation of a program and that is inserted inconspicuously... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    Great Renaming

    n. The flag day on which all of the non-local groups on the USENET had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme.