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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>runes</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="rude.html" title="rude"/><link rel="next" href="runic.html" title="runic"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">runes</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rude.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="runic.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="runes"/><dt xmlns="" id="runes"><b>runes</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pl.n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Anything that requires <a href="../H/heavy-wizardry.html"><i class="glossterm">heavy wizardry</i></a> or
<a href="../B/black-art.html"><i class="glossterm">black art</i></a> to <a href="../P/parse.html"><i class="glossterm">parse</i></a>: core
dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language you haven't a clue how to
read. Not quite as bad as <a href="../L/line-noise.html"><i class="glossterm">line noise</i></a>, but close.
Compare <a href="../C/casting-the-runes.html"><i class="glossterm">casting the runes</i></a>,
<a href="../G/Great-Runes.html"><i class="glossterm">Great Runes</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics
on an IBM PC). </p></dd><dd><p> 3. [borderline techspeak] 16-bit characters from the Unicode
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