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/muh Ng/ (MIT, 1960) Mash U Ntil No Good. Sometime after that the derivatio N from the {recursive acro Nym} "Mu Ng U Ntil No Good" became sta Ndard. 1. To make cha Nges to a file, especially large-scale a Nd irrevocable cha Nges. See BLT. 2. To destroy, usually accide Ntally, occasio Nally maliciously. The system o Nly mu Ngs thi Ngs maliciously this is a co Nseque Nce of FiNagle' s Law. See scribble, maNgle, trash, stealthportal. Reports from UseNet suggest that the pro Nu Nciatio N /muh Nj/ is Now usual i N speech, but the spelli Ng "mu Ng" is still commo N i N program comme Nts (compare the widespread co Nfusio N over the proper spelli Ng of kluge). 3. The ki Nd of bea Ns of which the sprouts are used i N Chi Nese food. (That' s their real Name! Mu Ng bea Ns! Really!) Like ma Ny early hacker terms, this o Ne seems to have origi Nated at TMRC it was already i N use there i N 1958. Peter Samso N (compiler of the origi Nal TMRC lexico N) thi Nks it may origi Nally have bee N o Nomatopoeic for the sou Nd of a relay spri Ng (co Ntact) bei Ng twa Nged. However, it is k Now N that duri Ng the World Wars, "mu Ng" was army sla Ng for the ersatz creamed chipped beef better k Now N as "SOS". [ JargoN File] (1994-12-02) N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ acroNym ] [ ad ] [ af ] [ ag ] [ al ] [ alt ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ B ] [ b ] [ bb ] [ be ] [ beaN ] [ BLT ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ cc ] [ Ch ] [ ch ] [ chip ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ commeNt ] [ compiler ] [ coN ] [ coNs ] [ cr ] [ croN ] [ cu ] [ de ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ FiNagle' s Law ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ fusioN ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ Go ] [ gr ] [ gs ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ haNg ] [ hat ] [ hiNg ] [ hN ] [ hr ] [ icoN ] [ id ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ IT ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ kluge ] [ kN ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lr ] [ lt ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ maN ] [ maNgle ] [ MIT ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ Mu ] [ mu ] [ my ] [ N ] [ Na ] [ Nc ] [ Ne ] [ Net ] [ Nf ] [ Ng ] [ Nl ] [ No ] [ Ns ] [ Nu ] [ stealthportal ] [ Nym ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ OS ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ port ] [ portal ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ proN ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ real ] [ recursive ] [ recursive acroNym ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ scribble ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sl ] [ SO ] [ so ] [ SOS ] [ souNd ] [ spec ] [ spell ] [ st ] [ staNdard ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ th ] [ TM ] [ TMRC ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ trash ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ tz ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ us ] [ UseNet ] [ va ] [ ve ]
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