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nadger |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: nadger /nad'jr/ v. [UK, from rude slang noun `nadgers' for testicles; compare American & British `bollixed'] Of software or hardware (not people), to twiddle some object in a hidden manner, generally so that it conforms better to some format. For instance, string printing routines on 8-bit processors often take the string text from the instruction stream, thus a print call looks like `jsr print:"Hello world"'. The print routine has to `nadger' the saved instruction pointer so that the processor doesn't try to execute the text as instructions when the subroutine returns. See {adger}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: nadger /nad'jr/ [Great Britain] Of software or hardware (not people), to twiddle some object in a hidden manner, generally so that it conforms better to some format. For instance, string printing routines on 8-bit processors often take the string text from the instruction stream, thus a print call looks like jsr print:"Hello world" The print routine has to nadger" the saved {instruction pointer} so that the processor doesn't try to execute the text as instructions when the subroutine returns. [{Jargon File}]
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