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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gas</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="garply.html" title="garply"/><link rel="next" href="Gatess-Law.html" title="Gates's Law"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gas</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="garply.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Gatess-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gas"/><dt xmlns="" id="gas"><b>gas</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [as in ‘gas chamber’] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">interj.</span> A term of disgust and
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hatred, implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities,
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thereby exterminating the source of irritation. “<span class="quote">Some loser just
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reloaded the system for no reason! Gas!</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">interj.</span> A suggestion that
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someone or something ought to be flushed out of mercy. “<span class="quote">The system's
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getting <a href="../W/wedged.html"><i class="glossterm">wedged</i></a> every few minutes. Gas!</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To
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<a href="../F/flush.html"><i class="glossterm">flush</i></a> (sense 1). “<span class="quote">You should gas that old
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crufty software.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 4. [IBM] <span class="grammar">n.</span> Dead space in
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nonsequentially organized files that was occupied by data that has since
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been deleted; the compression operation that removes it is called <span class="firstterm">degassing</span> (by analogy, perhaps, with the use of
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the same term in vacuum technology). </p></dd><dd><p> 5. [IBM] <span class="grammar">n.</span> Empty space on a
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disk that has been clandestinely allocated against future need.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="garply.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Gatess-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">garply </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Gates's Law</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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