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runes

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  runes  pl.n.  1.  Anything  that  requires  {heavy  wizardry}  or 
  {black  art}  to  {parse}:  core  dumps,  JCL  commands,  APL,  or  code  in  a 
  language  you  haven't  a  clue  how  to  read.  Not  quite  as  bad  as  {line 
  noise},  but  close  Compare  {casting  the  runes},  {Great  Runes}.  2. 
  Special  display  characters  (for  example,  the  high-half  graphics  on  an 
  IBM  PC).  3.  [borderline  techspeak]  16-bit  characters  from  the  Unicode 
  multilingual  character  set 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  runes 
 
  1.  Anything  that  requires  {heavy  wizardry}  or  {black  art}  to 
  {parse}:  core  dumps,  {JCL}  commands,  {APL}  or  code  in  a 
  language  you  haven't  a  clue  how  to  read.  Not  quite  as  bad  as 
  {line  noise},  but  close 
 
  Compare  {casting  the  runes},  {Great  Runes}. 
 
  2.  Special  display  characters  (for  example,  the  high-half 
  graphics  on  an  {IBM  PC}). 
 
  [{Jargon  File}]




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