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tcb |
3 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: TCB /T-C-B/ n. [IBM] 1. Trouble Came Back An intermittent or difficult-to-reproduce problem that has failed to respond to neglect or {shotgun debugging}. Compare {heisenbug}. Not to be confused with: 2. Trusted Computing Base, an `official' jargon term from the {Orange Book}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: TCB 1.{Trouble Came Back}. 2. ({Orange Book}) {Trusted Computing Base}. 3. {Task Control Block}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-07-02) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: TCB Task Control Block (BS2000)