-Copyright (c) 2019 My Name +Copyright (c) 2020 My Name Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Free Documentation License".
-This file last generated Wednesday, 19 June 2019 05:12PM UTC +This file last generated Monday, 10 August 2020 02:14PM UTC
n. See excl. Occasional CMU usage, also in common use among APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists.
++ Originating from the i-drive company in the late 1990s, to sideload is to obtain files from another system without downloading them in the conventional manner. The term implies a lateral, non-hierarchical relation between the sending and receiving system. So you might download music from an illicit file sharing site and then sideload it to your phone via a USB cable or over the local wifi network. +
/sig blok/ , n. [Internet and Usenet; often written. sig there] Short for signature , used specifically to refer to the electronic signature block that most Unix mail- and news-posting software will automagically append to outgoing mail and news. The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo, one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote , fool file ), or even source code for small programs about which the author wishes to make a statement; but many consider large sigs a waste of bandwidth , and it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's longevity and level of prestige on the net. See also doubled sig , McQuary limit. diff --git a/docs/jargon.org b/docs/jargon.org index 958b03a..b3e1001 100644 --- a/docs/jargon.org +++ b/docs/jargon.org @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ * License -Copyright (c) 2019 My Name +Copyright (c) 2020 My Name Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Free Documentation License". * Generated -This file last generated Wednesday, 19 June 2019 05:12PM UTC +This file last generated Monday, 10 August 2020 02:14PM UTC * Glossary ** ( @@ -7326,6 +7326,9 @@ n. A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectiv *** shriek n. See excl. Occasional CMU usage, also in common use among APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists. +*** sideload +Originating from the i-drive company in the late 1990s, to sideload is to obtain files from another system without downloading them in the conventional manner. The term implies a lateral, non-hierarchical relation between the sending and receiving system. So you might download music from an illicit file sharing site and then sideload it to your phone via a USB cable or over the local wifi network. + *** sig block /sig blok/ , n. [Internet and Usenet; often written. sig there] Short for signature , used specifically to refer to the electronic signature block that most Unix mail- and news-posting software will automagically append to outgoing mail and news. The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo, one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote , fool file ), or even source code for small programs about which the author wishes to make a statement; but many consider large sigs a waste of bandwidth , and it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's longevity and level of prestige on the net. See also doubled sig , McQuary limit. diff --git a/entries/sideload.txt b/entries/sideload.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..973f8cf --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/sideload.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +sideload + +Originating from the i-drive company in the late 1990s, to sideload is to +obtain files from another system without downloading them in the conventional +manner. The term implies a lateral, non-hierarchical relation between the +sending and receiving system. So you might download music from an illicit +file sharing site and then sideload it to your phone via a USB cable or over +the local wifi network.