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slack
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n. 1. Space allocated to a disk file but not actually used to store useful
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information. The techspeak equivalent is internal fragmentation. Antonym:
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hole. 2. In the theology of the Church of the SubGenius , a mystical
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substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness. Since
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Unix files are stored compactly, except for the unavoidable wastage in the
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last block or fragment, it might be said that Unix has no slack. See ha ha
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only serious.
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