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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>black magic</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="black-hole.html" title="black hole"/><link rel="next" href="Black-Screen-of-Death.html" title="Black Screen of Death"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">black magic</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="black-hole.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Black-Screen-of-Death.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="black-magic"/><dt xmlns="" id="black-magic"><b>black magic</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] A technique that works, though nobody really understands
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why. More obscure than <a href="../V/voodoo-programming.html"><i class="glossterm">voodoo programming</i></a>, which
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may be done by cookbook. Compare also <a href="black-art.html"><i class="glossterm">black art</i></a>,
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<a href="../D/deep-magic.html"><i class="glossterm">deep magic</i></a>, and <a href="../M/magic-number.html"><i class="glossterm">magic number</i></a>
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(sense 2). </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="black-hole.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Black-Screen-of-Death.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">black hole </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Black Screen of Death</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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