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HAS THE X NATURE

Specialty Definition: HAS THE X NATURE

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Has the X nature [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?"] adj. Common hacker construction for `is an X', used for humorous emphasis. "Anyone who can't even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it truly has the loser nature!" See also the X that can be Y is not the true X. See also mu. Source: Jargon File.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: HAS THE X NATURE

Specialty definitions using "HAS THE X NATURE": hacker humorthe X that can be Y is not the true X. (references)

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Anagrams: HAS THE X NATURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-h-n-r-s-t-t-u-x"

-4 letters: anteaters, earthnuts, exhauster, narthexes, threatens, unsheathe, untethers, urethanes, xanthates.

-5 letters: anteater, arethusa, arsenate, earthnut, earthset, ensheath, entreats, hastener, haunters, heartens, heathens, heathers, hetaeras, nauseate, ratteens, saturant, saturate, sauterne, serenata, sheather, stearate, taunters, textures, theaters, theatres, threaten, tuateras, unearths, untether, urethane, urethans, xanthate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HAS THE X NATURE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 53      54 48 45      58      4E 41 54 55 52 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01010011 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01011000 00100000 01001110 01000001 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#83 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#88 &#32 &#78 &#65 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 0053      0054 0048 0045      0058      004E 0041 0054 0055 0052 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42355325442392582483554555239

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