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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | You are not expected to understand this [Unix] cav. The canonical comment describing something magic or too complicated to bother explaining properly. From an infamous comment in the context-switching code of the V6 Unix kernel. Dennis Ritchie has explained this in detail (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/odd.html). Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)59 4F 55 41 52 45 4E 4F 54 45 58 50 45 43 54 45 44 54 4F 55 4E 44 45 52 53 54 41 4E 44 54 48 49 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01011001 01001111 01010101 00100000 01000001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01001110 01001111 01010100 00100000 01000101 01011000 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010100 01001000 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Y O U   A R E   N O T   E X P E C T E D   T O   U N D E R S T A N D   T H I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0059 004F 0055 0041 0052 0045 004E 004F 0054 0045 0058 0050 0045 0043 0054 0045 0044 0054 004F 0055 004E 0044 0045 0052 0053 0054 0041 004E 0044 0054 0048 0049 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)594955235523924849542395850393754393825449255483839525354354838254424353 |
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