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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Zawinski's Law</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="zapped.html" title="zapped"/><link rel="next" href="zbeba.html" title="zbeba"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Zawinski's Law</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zapped.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zbeba.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Zawinskis-Law"/><dt xmlns="" id="Zawinskis-Law"><b>Zawinski's Law</b></dt></dt><dd><p> &#8220;<span class="quote">Every program attempts to expand until it can read
mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which
can.</span>&#8221; Coined by Jamie Zawinski (who called it the &#8220;<span class="quote">Law of
Software Envelopment</span>&#8221;) to express his belief that all truly useful
programs experience pressure to evolve into toolkits and application
platforms (the mailer thing, he says, is just a side effect of that). It
is commonly cited, though with widely varying degrees of accuracy.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zapped.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zbeba.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zapped </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zbeba</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Zero-One-Infinity Rule</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="zero-content.html" title="zero-content"/><link rel="next" href="zeroth.html" title="zeroth"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Zero-One-Infinity Rule</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zero-content.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zeroth.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Zero-One-Infinity-Rule"/><dt xmlns="" id="Zero-One-Infinity-Rule"><b>Zero-One-Infinity Rule</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">prov.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> &#8220;<span class="quote">Allow none of <a href="../F/foo.html"><i class="glossterm">foo</i></a>, one of
<a href="../F/foo.html"><i class="glossterm">foo</i></a>, or any number of
<a href="../F/foo.html"><i class="glossterm">foo</i></a>.</span>&#8221; A rule of thumb for software design,
which instructs one to not place <a href="../R/random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a> limits on
the number of instances of a given entity (such as: windows in a window
system, letters in an OS's filenames, etc.). Specifically, one should
either disallow the entity entirely, allow exactly one instance (an
&#8220;<span class="quote">exception</span>&#8221;), or allow as many as the user wants &#8212;
address space and memory permitting.</p><p>The logic behind this rule is that there are often situations where
it makes clear sense to allow one of something instead of none. However,
if one decides to go further and allow N (for N &gt; 1), then why not N+1?
And if N+1, then why not N+2, and so on? Once above 1, there's no excuse
not to allow any N; hence, <a href="../I/infinity.html"><i class="glossterm">infinity</i></a>.</p><p>Many hackers recall in this connection Isaac Asimov's SF novel
<i class="citetitle">The Gods Themselves</i> in which a character announces
that the number 2 is impossible &#8212; if you're going to believe in more than
one universe, you might as well believe in an infinite number of
them.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zero-content.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zeroth.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zero-content </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zeroth</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Zork</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="zorch.html" title="zorch"/><link rel="next" href="zorkmid.html" title="zorkmid"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Zork</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zorch.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zorkmid.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Zork"/><dt xmlns="" id="Zork"><b>Zork</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/zork/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The second of the great early experiments in computer fantasy
gaming; see <a href="../A/ADVENT.html"><i class="glossterm">ADVENT</i></a>. Originally written on MIT-DM
during 1977-1979, later distributed with BSD Unix (as a patched, sourceless
RT-11 FORTRAN binary; see <a href="../R/retrocomputing.html"><i class="glossterm">retrocomputing</i></a>) and
commercialized as &#8216;The Zork Trilogy&#8217; by
<a href="../I/Infocom.html"><i class="glossterm">Infocom</i></a>. The FORTRAN source was later rewritten for
portability and released to Usenet under the name &#8220;<span class="quote">Dungeon</span>&#8221;.
Both FORTRAN &#8220;<span class="quote">Dungeon</span>&#8221; and translated C versions are available
at many FTP sites; the commercial Zork trilogy is available at <a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/" target="_top">http://www.ifarchive.org/</a>. See
also <a href="../G/grue.html"><i class="glossterm">grue</i></a>. You can play Zork via a <a href="http://www.forkexec.com/html/play-zork1.html" target="_top">Java
Applet</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zorch.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zorkmid.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zorch </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zorkmid</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>zap</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="next" href="zapped.html" title="zapped"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">zap</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../Z.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zapped.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="zap"/><dt xmlns="" id="zap"><b>zap</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Spiciness. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To make food spicy.
</p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To make someone
&#8216;suffer&#8217; by making his food spicy. (Most hackers love spicy
food. Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you wipe your
nose for the rest of the meal.) See <a href="zapped.html"><i class="glossterm">zapped</i></a>.
</p></dd><dd><p> 4. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To modify, usually to
correct; esp. used when the action is performed with a debugger or binary
patching tool. Also implies surgical precision. &#8220;<span class="quote">Zap the debug
level to 6 and run it again.</span>&#8221; In the IBM mainframe world, binary
patches are applied to programs or to the OS with a program called
&#8216;superzap&#8217;, whose file name is &#8216;IMASPZAP&#8217; (possibly
contrived from I M A SuPerZAP). </p></dd><dd><p> 5. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To erase or reset.
</p></dd><dd><p> 6. To <a href="../F/fry.html"><i class="glossterm">fry</i></a> a chip with static electricity.
&#8220;<span class="quote">Uh oh &#8212; I think that lightning strike may have zapped the disk
controller.</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../Z.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zapped.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Z </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zapped</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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(in temperature) and food that is <span class="emphasis"><em>spicy</em></span>-hot. For
example, the Chinese appetizer Bon Bon Chicken is a kind of chicken salad
that is cold but zapped; by contrast, <a href="../V/vanilla.html"><i class="glossterm">vanilla</i></a> wonton
soup is hot but not zapped. See also <a href="../O/oriental-food.html"><i class="glossterm">oriental food</i></a>,
<a href="../L/laser-chicken.html"><i class="glossterm">laser chicken</i></a>. See <a href="zap.html"><i class="glossterm">zap</i></a>,
senses 1 and 2.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zap.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Zawinskis-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zap </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Zawinski's Law</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<a href="../R/rot13.html"><i class="glossterm">rot13</i></a>. Used to describe newbies who are behaving
with especial cluelessness.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Zawinskis-Law.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zen.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Zawinski's Law </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zen</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>zen</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="zbeba.html" title="zbeba"/><link rel="next" href="zero.html" title="zero"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">zen</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zbeba.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zero.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="zen"/><dt xmlns="" id="zen"><b>zen</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of
enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally applied to
problems of life in general. &#8220;<span class="quote">How'd you figure out the buffer
allocation problem?</span>&#8221; &#8220;<span class="quote">Oh, I zenned it.</span>&#8221; Contrast
<a href="../G/grok.html"><i class="glossterm">grok</i></a>, which connotes a time-extended version of
zenning a system. Compare <a href="../H/hack-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">hack mode</i></a>. See also
<a href="../G/guru.html"><i class="glossterm">guru</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zbeba.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zero.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zbeba </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zero</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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or words (esp. in the construction <span class="firstterm">zero
out</span>). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To erase; to discard all data from. Said of disks and
directories, where &#8216;zeroing&#8217; need not involve actually writing
zeroes throughout the area being zeroed. One may speak of something being
<span class="firstterm">logically zeroed</span> rather than being
<span class="firstterm">physically zeroed</span>. See
<a href="../S/scribble.html"><i class="glossterm">scribble</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zen.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zero-content.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zen </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zero-content</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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indexing of arrays. Hardware people also tend to start counting at 0
instead of 1; this is natural since, e.g., the 256 states of 8 bits
correspond to the binary numbers 0, 1, ..., 255 and the digital
devices known as <span class="firstterm">counters</span> count in
this way.</p><p>Hackers and computer scientists often like to call the first chapter
of a publication &#8216;Chapter 0&#8217;, especially if it is of an
introductory nature (one of the classic instances was in the First Edition
of <a href="../K/K-ampersand-R.html"><i class="glossterm">K&amp;R</i></a>). In recent
years this trait has also been observed among many pure mathematicians (who
have an independent tradition of numbering from 0). Zero-based numbering
tends to reduce <a href="../F/fencepost-error.html"><i class="glossterm">fencepost error</i></a>s, though it cannot
eliminate them entirely.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Zero-One-Infinity-Rule.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zigamorph.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Zero-One-Infinity Rule </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zigamorph</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<a href="../F/fence.html"><i class="glossterm">fence</i></a> character. Usage: primarily at IBM shops.
</p></dd><dd><p> 2. [proposed] <span class="grammar">n.</span> The Unicode
non-character U+FFFF (1111111111111111), a character code which is not
assigned to any character, and so is usable as end-of-string. (Unicode is
a 16-bit character code intended to cover all of the world's writing
systems, including Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Chinese, hiragana, katakana,
Devanagari, Thai, Laotian and many other scripts &#8212; support for
<a href="../E/elvish.html"><i class="glossterm">elvish</i></a> is planned for a future release).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zeroth.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zip.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zeroth </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zip</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is
spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been
written. Commonly used as follows: &#8220;<span class="quote">I'll zip it up and send it to
you.</span>&#8221; See <a href="../T/tar-and-feather.html"><i class="glossterm">tar and feather</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zigamorph.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zipperhead.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zigamorph </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zipperhead</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">wait</span>(2)</span>
for it yet). These can be seen in
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ps</span>(1)</span>
listings occasionally. Compare <a href="../O/orphan.html"><i class="glossterm">orphan</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A machine, especially someone's <a href="../H/home-box.html"><i class="glossterm">home box</i></a>,
that has been cracked and is being used as part of a second-stage attack by
miscreants trying to mask their home IP address. Especially used of
machines being exploited in large gangs for a mechanized denial-of-service
attack like Tribe Flood Network; the image that goes with this is of a
veritable army of zombies mindlessly doing the bidding of a
necromancer.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zipperhead.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zorch.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zipperhead </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zorch</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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inverse heat sink. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [TMRC] <span class="grammar">v.</span> To travel, with
<tt class="literal">v</tt> approaching
<tt class="literal">c</tt> [that is, with velocity approaching
lightspeed &#8212;ESR]. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. [MIT] <span class="grammar">v.</span> To propel something
very quickly. &#8220;<span class="quote">The new comm software is very fast; it really zorches
files through the network.</span>&#8221; </p></dd><dd><p> 4. [MIT] <span class="grammar">n.</span> Influence. Brownie
points. Good karma. The intangible and fuzzy currency in which favors are
measured. &#8220;<span class="quote">I'd rather not ask him for that just yet; I think I've
used up my quota of zorch with him for the week.</span>&#8221; </p></dd><dd><p> 5. [MIT] <span class="grammar">n.</span> Energy, drive, or
ability. &#8220;<span class="quote">I think I'll <a href="../P/punt.html"><i class="glossterm">punt</i></a> that change for
now; I've been up for 30 hours and I've run out of zorch.</span>&#8221; </p></dd><dd><p> 6. [MIT] <span class="grammar">v.</span> To flunk an exam or
course.</p></dd><dd><p>A track called <i class="citetitle">Zorch</i> was the B-side of a
single called <i class="citetitle">Captain Hideous</i>, released by novelty
artist Nervous Norvous in 1955. Norvous was heavily influemced by a radio
comedian named Red Blanchard; the word &#8220;<span class="quote">zorch</span>&#8221; appears to have
been coined on Blanchard's show in the early 1950s. The word itself had no
meaning, but there where compounds using it that did &#8212; &#8220;<span class="quote">zorch
cow</span>&#8221;, for example, was a variant of the Chicago-area slang
&#8220;<span class="quote">black cow</span>&#8221; for a root beer float.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zombie.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Zork.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zombie </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Zork</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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originated in <a href="Zork.html"><i class="glossterm">Zork</i></a> but has spread to
<a href="../N/nethack.html"><i class="glossterm">nethack</i></a> and is referred to in several other
games.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Zork.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../pt03.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Zork </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Part III. Appendices</td></tr></table></div></body></html>