23 definitions by Gary Destruction

CRC

1. Term that stands for Cyclic Redundancy Check. It's a form of error checking commonly used for Winzip compression and Ultra ATA controllers.

A corrupt zip file will yield a bad CRC when opened.

by Gary Destruction June 24, 2003

uk82

UK82 actually started in 1979 with bands like the Threats.

The biggest battle during the UK82 era was punks vs mods.

by Gary Destruction July 16, 2003

uk82

One of three real punk music types

UK82, street punk and 77 are the only real punk.

by Gary Destruction June 10, 2003

operating system

Abbreviated "OS", an operating system is software that provides the user with an interface as well as hardware support and support to run and use applications. Operating systems also accept input and display output by communicating with hardware and interacting with any respective applications or system software that might be using that hardware.

Windows, Windows NT, MacOS, UNIX, Novell Netware, DOS, BSD and BeOS are all examples of operating systems. Linux on the other hand, is a kernel.

by Gary Destruction June 21, 2003

Operating systems

See operating system

by Gary Destruction June 24, 2003

Got me fucked up

What you say when someone screws you over or tries to put you in a bad situation.

The phone company was supposed to turn on my phone today and now they're saying it won't be on until next week. They got me fucked up.

by Gary Destruction April 2, 2004

kernel

The core of an Operating System

An OS kernel is often responsible for handling driver requests, filesystem operations, I/O requests and other system functions.

by Gary Destruction May 30, 2004