RAT DANCE

Domain	Definition
Computing	Rat dance n. [From the Dilbert comic strip of November 14, 1995] A hacking run that produces results which, while superficially coherent, have little or nothing to do with its original objectives. There are strong connotations that the coding process and the objectives themselves were pretty random. (In the original comic strip, the Ratbert is invited to dance on Dilbert's keyboard in order to produce bugs for him to fix, and authors a Web browser instead.) Compare Infinite-Monkey Theorem. This term seems to have become widely recognized quite rapidly after the original strip, a fact which testifies to Dilbert's huge popularity among hackers. All too many find the perverse incentives and Kafkaesque atmosphere of Dilbert's mythical workplace reflective of their own experiences. Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: RAT DANCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-n-r-t"
	-1 letter: cateran, tranced.
	-2 letters: adnate, arcade, arcane, ardent, cadent, canard, canted, canter, carate, carnet, carted, catena, cedarn, centra, craned, crated, dancer, decant, nacred, nectar, ranted, recant, redact, tanrec, traced, trance.
	-3 letters: aceta, acned, acred, acted, anear, antae, anted, antra, antre, arced, areca, arena, cadet, cadre, caned, caner, carat, cared, caret, carte, cater, cedar, crane.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-n-r-t"
	+1 letter: carinated, declarant.
	+2 letters: carbonated, declarants, deracinate, discarnate, incarnated, transacted.
	+3 letters: ascertained, candidature, cantharides, cardinalate, decarbonate, declaration, demarcating, demarcation, deracinated, deracinates, eradicating, eradication, handcrafted, redactional, tabernacled, uncastrated.
	+4 letters: candidatures, cardinalates, clairaudient, decarbonated, decarbonates, declarations, demarcations, deracinating, deracination, endotracheal, eradications, fractionated, handicrafter, incarcerated, intercalated, manufactured, pediatrician, ratiocinated, reacquainted, reincarnated, revaccinated, tradescantia, translocated, uncalibrated.
	+5 letters: accreditation, adrenalectomy, archimandrite, cardinalities, chateaubriand, coastguardmen, congratulated, decarbonating, decarbonation, deracinations, documentarian, endoparasitic, handcraftsmen, handicrafters, paediatrician, pediatricians, sectarianized, tradescantias, transactinide, ultradistance, unappreciated, unarticulated, valedictorian.
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