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<H2>Generated</H2>
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<H2>Glossary</H2>
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Spoken-only shorthand for the www (double-u double-u double-u) in many web host names. Nothing to do with the style of reggae music called dub.
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<H4>duck</H4>
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A software feature added simply so that management will notice it and order it to be removed. This gives management something to do, and makes them look like they are "adding value" instead of being superfluous appendages to the organization. "The artist working on the queen animations for Battle Chess was aware of this tendency, and came up with an innovative solution. He did the animations for the queen the way that he felt would be best, with one addition: he gave the queen a pet duck. He animated this duck through all of the queen's animations, had it flapping around the corners. He also took great care to make sure that it never overlapped the 'actual' animation. Eventually, it came time for the producer to review the animation set for the queen. The producer sat down and watched all of the animations. When they were done, he turned to the artist and said, 'that looks great. Just one thing - get rid of the duck.'"
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<H4>dumb terminal</H4>
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n. A terminal that is one step above a glass tty , having a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by a smart terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.

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*** dub dub dub
Spoken-only shorthand for the www (double-u double-u double-u) in many web host names. Nothing to do with the style of reggae music called dub.
*** duck
A software feature added simply so that management will notice it and order it to be removed. This gives management something to do, and makes them look like they are "adding value" instead of being superfluous appendages to the organization. "The artist working on the queen animations for Battle Chess was aware of this tendency, and came up with an innovative solution. He did the animations for the queen the way that he felt would be best, with one addition: he gave the queen a pet duck. He animated this duck through all of the queen's animations, had it flapping around the corners. He also took great care to make sure that it never overlapped the 'actual' animation. Eventually, it came time for the producer to review the animation set for the queen. The producer sat down and watched all of the animations. When they were done, he turned to the artist and said, 'that looks great. Just one thing - get rid of the duck.'"
*** dumb terminal
n. A terminal that is one step above a glass tty , having a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by a smart terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.