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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Get a real computer! imp. Typical hacker response to news that somebody is having trouble getting work done on a system that (a) is single-tasking, (b) has no hard disk, or (c) has an address space smaller than 16 megabytes. This is as of early 1996; note that the threshold for `real computer' rises with time. See bitty box and toy. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GET A REAL COMPUTER! |
| Specialty definitions using "GET A REAL COMPUTER!": bitty box ♦ real operating system. (references) |
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "!-a-a-c-e-e-e-g-l-m-o-p-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: galactometer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 45 54 41 52 45 41 4C 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 21 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000101 01010100 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010010 01000101 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000101 01010010 00100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G E T   A   R E A L   C O M P U T E R ! |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0045 0054 0041 0052 0045 0041 004C 0043 004F 004D 0050 0055 0054 0045 0052 0021 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)413954235252393546237494750555439523 |
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