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/dev/null
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/devnuhl/, n. [from the Unix null device, used as a data sink] A notional
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black hole in any information space being discussed, used, or referred to. A
controversial posting, for example, might end Kudos to rasputin@kremlin.org,
flames to /dev/null. See bit bucket.