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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>octal forty</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="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="obscure.html" title="obscure"/><link rel="next" href="off-the-trolley.html" title="off the trolley"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">octal forty</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="obscure.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="off-the-trolley.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="octal-forty"/><dt xmlns="" id="octal-forty"><b>octal forty</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ok´tl for´tee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Hackish way of saying &#8220;<span class="quote">I'm drawing a blank.</span>&#8221; Octal 40
is the <a href="../A/ASCII.html"><i class="glossterm">ASCII</i></a> space character, 0100000; by an odd
coincidence, <a href="../H/hex.html"><i class="glossterm">hex</i></a> 40 (01000000) is the
<a href="../E/EBCDIC.html"><i class="glossterm">EBCDIC</i></a> space character. See
<a href="../W/wall.html"><i class="glossterm">wall</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="obscure.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="off-the-trolley.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">obscure </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> off the trolley</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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