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abbr. Abbr. for abbreviation.
backsight A surveying instrument reading made back to the previous station
backsights More than one backsight.
.BAS Filename extension for BASIC program source code.
BBS Acronym for Bulletin Board System.
Beiter The author's family name.
bitflippers Menial workers in the computer programming industry.
Blackbeard A shareware text editor.
Brunton A manufacturer of surveying compasses & pocket transits.
burrocracy Government of the burros, by the burros, and for for the burros.
Byter The author's nom de silicon.
calcophony The noise made by everyone screaming that they are right &
everyone else is wrong.
Capricia The name of the author's pet goat.
CAVEMAP A surveying program in the Survey Land Yourself package.
centimetres hundredths of a metre. 1 cm ≈ 0.39 inch.
copywright To make copies.
DD Acronym for Double Density. The low capacity disk format.
decompile To produce source code from machine code in order to
understand the program.
decryptor A computer program to change gibberish into plaintext.
DEEDPLT The name of a computer program to plot a plat or plat a plot.
diam Abbr. for diameter.
Div Abbr. for Division.
.DOX Filename extension for documents.
Dr. Abbr. for Doctor.
DRKR Dr. Krypton, a computer file encryptor.
duh Duh way dat dummies say it.
EGA Ecstatic Graphics Adapter, an almost readable color graphics.
electronical Using or referring to electronics.
electroshock Treatment with electricity to addle the brain.
enuf Newspeak for enough.
Epson A Japanese electronics company.
errers Those who err in committing errors.
eschatology The scientific study of ultimate purposes.
etc Abbr. et cetera, and so forth.
.EXE Filename extension for executable.
Feb Abbr. for February.
Fergle A facetious university in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Forney The name of the author's pet tom cat.
freeware Computer software which is copyrighted but may be used freely.
gonna Newspeak for going to.
gradian Unit of angular measurement of 1/400 full circle.
gradians More than just a gradian.
Gunsmoke The name of the author's pet jackass.
Gunter's chain A distance measuring instrument 66 feet long, made of 100 links.
GWBASIC Acronym for Generic Whizbang Beginners' Symbolic Instruction
Code, a common computer language.
haydays Those days when Apple Computer made hay with the Apple II.
HD Acronym for High Density floppy disk format, 1.2MB on 5¼
hiASCII Characters with values > 127. Alt-248(numeric keypad) = °. αΩ∞▒
hidensity High density, the high capacity floppy disk format, 1.44MB on 3½
hotkey A special key combination which pops up a hidden program.
hyper Above the ordinary.
HyperRez A hypertext driver used for these help files.
hypertext Computer text wherein the reader may jump to different parts.
Inc. Abbr. for Incorporated, made into an artificial person.
Kalibrate The way I had to spell calibrate to differentiate from Close.
keypad A bunch of computer buttons.
Neil Larson Author of HyperRez.
lexicological Pertaining to the study of the structure of words.
MaxThink Business name of Neil Larson
Mechanicville A city in Saratoga County, New York.
meme The fundamental unit of human thought. Notion.
Microsoft Producer of excretable software such as DOS 4.0 & Windows 3.0
millimetres Thousandths of a metre. 1mm ≈ 0.039"
mispellings More than one mispelling.
MSHERC.COM An undocumented Hercules Graphic driver.
multiuser More than one user, requiring additional payment to Microsoft.
NumLock Necessary for virtually virtual virtuosity.
ochlophobe One who fears crowds. I don't fear, I merely despise them.
ophioleum Oil of snakes.
outa Newspeak for out of.
Panasonic A Japanese brand of electronics.
PhD Posthole Digger.
plaintext Not encrypted.
POB Acronym for Post Office Box.
prestidigitate Perform sleight of hand magic.
pseudocode Language intermediate between English and computer language.
pseudoHercules A $12 imitation of the Hercules (mono) Graphics Card.
pseudorandom Chaotic, giving what at first glance appears to be at random.
QEdit A text editor.
quattuodecillionth 1/10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (45 zeros)
QuickBASIC A computer language.
Ramden's chain 100 feet long with 100 links.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer, founder of Dutch West India Company in 1621.
Ritner, KY A ghost town ½way between Slavans & Freedom via canoe.
Rt Mail Route.
runtime Payment due each time a computer program is used.
Seiko A Japanese electronics company.
Seikosha A Japanese electronics brand.
shareware A software distribution method of try before you buy.
Stillwater A village in Saratoga County, New York.
subdirectories More than one subdirectory.
subdirectory <DIR>
SURVEYIT A vapourware surveying program.
sysops Acronym for (computer) SYStem OPerators
TSR Acronym for Terminate & Stay Resident, pop up program.
.TXT Filename extension for TeXT.
typograhpic A typograhpic error.
undecillion 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 (36 zeros)
uninstall To remove a TSR program.
unsquare Not square. Having one dimension greater than the other.
vara Colonial Spanish unit of distance. 2.78 Texas feet, 2.74 NM
VGA Acronym for Vunderful Graphics Adapter.
viron A single virus.
weeklong A seven day computer software education course.
Yuppie The name of the author's pet bitch.