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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>pop</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="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="ponytail.html" title="ponytail"/><link rel="next" href="poser.html" title="poser"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">pop</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ponytail.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="poser.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="pop"/><dt xmlns="" id="pop"><b>pop</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/pop/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the operation that removes the top of a stack, and the fact
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that procedure return addresses are usually saved on the stack] (also
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capitalized ‘POP’) </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To remove something from
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a <a href="../S/stack.html"><i class="glossterm">stack</i></a>. If a person says he/she has popped
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something from his stack, that means he/she has finally finished working on
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it and can now remove it from the list of things hanging overhead. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. When a discussion gets to a level of detail so deep that the main
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point of the discussion is being lost, someone will shout
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“<span class="quote">Pop!</span>”, meaning “<span class="quote">Get back up to a higher level!</span>”
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The shout is frequently accompanied by an upthrust arm with a finger
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pointing to the ceiling. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. [all-caps, as ‘POP’] Point of Presence, a bank of
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dial-in lines allowing customers to make (local) calls into an ISP. This
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is borderline techspeak.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ponytail.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="poser.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ponytail </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> poser</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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