256's definitions

mutually assured destruction

A phrase, possibly coined by Arthur C. Clarke, to describe a situation where both parties can destroy the other, but not before the attacked party destroys the attacker.

Mutually assured destruction is certain now that the USSR have nuclear weapons.

by 256 September 3, 2003

shebang

Meaningless sentence particle used exclusively as a part of the phrase "the whole shebang".

Or, in UNIX, the string #!

He did it all, the whole shebang.

by 256 October 17, 2003