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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Buglix /buhg'liks/ n. [uncommon] Pejorative term referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier _severely_ buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so much venom. Compare AIDX, HP-SUX, Nominal Semidestructor, Telerat, sun-stools. Source: Jargon File. |
Slang | Noun. Source: It comes from the words "bug" and "ULTRIX" put together. Definition: A depreciatory description of DEC's ULTRIX. Context: Used as an alternative name for ULTRIX. Social Source: Northwest American computer hacker. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BUGLIX |
| Specialty definitions using "BUGLIX": HP-SUX ♦ Internet Exploder ♦ Nominal Semidestructor. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-u-x" | |
-2 letters: glib, iglu. | |
-3 letters: big, bug, gib, gul, lib, lug, lux. | |
-4 letters: bi, li, xi, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-l-u-x" | |
+4 letters: boxhauling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 47 4C 49 58 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- --. .-.. .. -..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01000111 01001100 01001001 01011000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U G L I X |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0047 004C 0049 0058 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365541464358 |
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