/P-C-izm/ A piece of code or codiNg techNique that takes advaNtage of the uNprotected siNgle-taskiNg eNviroNmeNt iN IBM PCs aNd the like, e.g. by busy-waitiNg oN a {hardware register}, direct diddliNg of {screeN memory} or usiNg hard timiNg loops. Compare ill-behaved, vaxism, UNixism. [JargoN File]

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
[ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bus ] [ busy-wait ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ch ] [ co ] [ code ] [ cr ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ diNg ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ eh ] [ eNviroNmeNt ] [ er ] [ es ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ ge ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ h ] [ hardware ] [ hat ] [ hN ] [ hr ] [ IBM ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ ill-behaved ] [ iN ] [ iq ] [ ir ] [ iroN ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ loop ] [ M ] [ memory ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ Na ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ Np ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ PC ] [ ph ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ register ] [ ro ] [ sc ] [ screeN ] [ se ] [ si ] [ sk ] [ sm ] [ st ] [ sy ] [ tag ] [ th ] [ UNixism ] [ us ] [ va ] [ vaxism ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ zm ]