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ONE-LINE FIX

Specialty Definition: ONE-LINE FIX

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Computing

One-line fix n. Used (often sarcastically) of a change to a program that is thought to be trivial or insignificant right up to the moment it crashes the system. Usually `cured' by another one-line fix. See also I didn't change anything!. Source: Jargon File.

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

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Specialty Definition: One-line fix

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Used (often sarcastically) of a change to a program that is thought to be trivial or insignificant right up to the moment it crashes the system. Usually 'cured' by another one-line fix.

From the Jargon File 4.3.2 via FOLDOC. Used by permission.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "One-line fix."

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Crosswords: ONE-LINE FIX

Specialty definitions using "ONE-LINE FIX": I didn't change anything!. (references)

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Anagrams: ONE-LINE FIX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-i-l-n-n-o-x"

-1 letter: inflexion.

-3 letters: flexion, leonine, nonlife, olefine.

-4 letters: feline, fennel, olefin, oleine, online.

-5 letters: elfin, eloin, exile, exine, felon, infix, inion, leone, linen, linin, nixie, olein, xenon.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ONE-LINE FIX


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

4F 4E 45 2D 4C 49 4E 45      46 49 58

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

    

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

01001111 01001110 01000101 00101101 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01000110 01001001 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#78 &#69 &#45 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#70 &#73 &#88

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 004E 0045 002D 004C 0049 004E 0045      0046 0049 0058

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

49483915464348392404358

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