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/bak-ˌspās ən(d) ō-vərstrīk/
interj. Whoa! Back up. Used to suggest that someone just said or did something wrong. Common among APL programmers.
other jargon:
gunch
stupid-sort
write-only memory
big gray wall
cty
garbage collect
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