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noun - common

Central processing units that base their core design on the Intel 80386, "I386", architecture.

These include, yet are not limited to the Athlon, Pentium, Duron, Celeron, K6, Cyrix486 and IBM-PC microprocessor families.

noun - proper

Intel processors using a design derived from the 80386 architecture.
The most commonly used architecture for microprocessors today, the ix86's days are coming to an end with the rise of 64bit processors.
ix86 by Nate January 31, 2004
noun - primary one

FreeBSD is one of several Unix-like operating systems stemming from the BSD4.4-lite release of the Berkeley Software Distributions.

FreeBSD is the most popular of the BSDs and is focused largely on the ix86 platform.

FreeBSD currently has two main development branches; 4.9 and 5.2. The first is stable and ready for use in servers. The second is a development branch that will see better SMP support.

The FreeBSD mascot is one that is shared by all BSDs, the beastie. Falsely called Chuck or Charlie by some this daemon is a smiling fellow in large sneakers that has undergone relatively few alterations over the past two decades and has been used on hats, boxer shorts, shirts, jackets, stickers and has been used on a series of pewter and copper statues.

FreeBSD has spawned two prominent derived operating systems; Darwin, the Unix-like underpinings of Mac OS X and DragonflyBSD, a contiuation of the 4.x codebase seeking to completely rewrite the way the operating system uses multiple processors.

noun - primary two

The FreeBSD Project, the organisation that manages the development of the FreeBSD operating system.
The FreeBSD Project has a close working relationship with Apple Computers Inc, they share bug fixes when dealing with the same codebase.
FreeBSD by Nate January 31, 2004
An odd creature. In the form of a female, seems most reserved and reads constantly. But those arent your classic novels of fiction. Nope, this is porn dirtier than playboy magazine, the only diffrence is that its disguised with a story. This may explain why the Dum Dum aspires to become a pornstar.
Dude, Chealseas such a Dum Dum, i thought she didnt know what sex was, then I started reading her book, and it was like straight out of the Kama Sutra!
Dum Dum by Nate January 28, 2004

Flabbergast 

Verb, transitive.

To be amazed, awestruck or suprised into a lapse in action.

To stop what one is doing because of the shock of an event or action.
I was flabbergast at the previously posted example for flabbergast, which prompted my entry for the word.
Flabbergast by Nate January 22, 2004
24 hour shop for purchasing booze, fags to go with your draw and monster munch during a smoke up.
"Oi Clit, I'm going to the 24 hour Spar to get 10 fags"
Spar by Nate January 21, 2004

shit cake 

A dried layer of feces remaining on one's ass.
shit cake by Nate January 18, 2004
A misspelling of "ethylenediaminetetraacetates" would be "etylmnieetetraacetatfs."
misspell by Nate January 15, 2004