mainframe's definitions

hup

vt. cause a server to restart with a new configuration. To generally restart a machine.

(from the UNIX IPC signal, SIGHUP)

"Did you HUP the fridge, the beer is getting warm?"

by mainframe October 31, 2003

dialed out

connected to the internet, either via analog modem, or other means.

by mainframe October 31, 2003

shred

vi.

1. music: to play distorted electric lead guitar in a manner which is at once so extremely cogent and rapid that listener experiences the sensation that the production of the sound should be impossible or nearly impossible.

2. surfing: performing a series of cutbacks requiring seemingly impossible adeptness.

3. going every-which-way at once

Garcia was SHREDING so hard in the middle of Shakedown, i thought my head would explode.

compare: ripping

by mainframe October 31, 2003

jacked up

1. not working properly or as intended.
2. having used a large quantity of speed, cocaine, or other amphetamine.
3. cut or lacerated by means of a make-shift knife or blade. see SKIV
4. In generally poor or injured condition.

sense "1": "This is so JACKED UP! She said she'd be here at eight!"
sense "4": "I want to play, but my shoulder's still JACKED UP from last weekend.

by mainframe October 31, 2003

munge

1. obsfucation
2. befouled, FOOBAR

1. "We MUNGED the url to mitigate against a hack-back."

2. This thing is so MUNGED up, it'll take weeks to fix!

by mainframe October 31, 2003

Loop

with *THE". the booking area of a large jail.

"Man I was stuck on THE LOOP for sixteen F'ing hours. What a nightmare."

by mainframe October 31, 2003

danish

the at (@) symbol

by mainframe August 8, 2006