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  1. Jaggies

    Jaggies /jag'eez/ n. The stairstep effect observable when an edge (esp. a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display).
  2. Heavy Wizardry

    … trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge. Writing device drivers is heavy wizardry; so is interfacing to X …
  3. Gunch

    … /guhnch/ [TMRC] vt. To push, prod, or poke at a device that has almost produced the desired result. Implies …
  4. Gronk

    … predates that] vt.  To clear the state of a wedged device and restart it. More severe than to frob . …
  5. Green Machine

    … /grēn mə-ˈshēn/ n. A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military …
  6. Golf-Ball Printer

    … n. The IBM 2741, a slow but letter-quality printing device and terminal based on the IBM Selectric typewriter. …
  7. Firebottle

    … n. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of …
  8. Feeper

    Feeper /fee'pr/ n. The device in a terminal or workstation (usually a loudspeaker …
  9. Engine

    … pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever device, or instrument (the word is cognate to 'ingenuity'). …
  10. Elvish

    … any odd or unreadable typeface produced by a graphics device. 3. The typeface mundanely called Bocklin , an …