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fascist
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adj. 1. [common] Said of a computer system with excessive or annoying
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security barriers, usage limits, or access policies. The implication is that
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said policies are preventing hackers from getting interesting work done. The
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variant fascistic seems to have been preferred at MIT, poss. by analogy with
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touristic (see tourist or under the influence of German/Yiddish faschistisch
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). 2. In the design of languages and other software tools, the fascist
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alternative is the most restrictive and structured way of capturing a
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particular function; the implication is that this may be desirable in order
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to simplify the implementation or provide tighter error checking. Compare
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bondage-and-discipline language , although that term is global rather than
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local. Fascist security strikes again. (The next cartoon in the Crunchly
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saga is 73-05-28. The previous one is 73-05-20.
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