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TIP OF THE ICE-CUBE

Specialty Definition: TIP OF THE ICE-CUBE

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Tip of the ice-cube n. // [IBM] The visible part of something small and insignificant. Used as an ironic comment in situations where `tip of the iceberg' might be appropriate if the subject were at all important. Source: Jargon File.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TIP OF THE ICE-CUBE


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

54 49 50      4F 46      54 48 45      49 43 45 2D 43 55 42 45

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

            

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

01010100 01001001 01010000 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001001 01000011 01000101 00101101 01000011 01010101 01000010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#73 &#80 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#73 &#67 &#69 &#45 &#67 &#85 &#66 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0049 0050      004F 0046      0054 0048 0045      0049 0043 0045 002D 0043 0055 0042 0045

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

54435024940254423924337391537553639

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