DUMBASS ATTACK

  

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DUMBASS ATTACK

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Dumbass attack /duhm'as *-tak'/ n. [Purdue] Notional cause of a novice's mistake made by the experienced, especially one made while running as root under Unix, e.g., typing `rm -r *' or `mkfs' on a mounted file system. Compare adger. Source: Jargon File.

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

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Crosswords: DUMBASS ATTACK

Specialty definitions using "DUMBASS ATTACK": Adger. (references)

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Anagrams: DUMBASS ATTACK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-d-k-m-s-s-t-t-u"

-5 letters: mastabas, sackbuts, sambucas.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DUMBASS ATTACK


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

44 55 4D 42 41 53 53      41 54 54 41 43 4B

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

    

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

01000100 01010101 01001101 01000010 01000001 01010011 01010011 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010100 01000001 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#85 &#77 &#66 &#65 &#83 &#83 &#32 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#65 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0055 004D 0042 0041 0053 0053      0041 0054 0054 0041 0043 004B

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

385547363553532355454353745

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