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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deep 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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="deep-hack-mode.html" title="deep hack mode"/><link rel="next" href="deep-space.html" title="deep space"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deep magic</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deep-hack-mode.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="deep-space.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deep-magic"/><dt xmlns="" id="deep-magic"><b>deep magic</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [poss. from C. S. Lewis's <i class="citetitle">Narnia</i> books] An
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awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, esp. one
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neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare
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<a href="../B/black-art.html"><i class="glossterm">black art</i></a>); one that could only have been composed
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by a true <a href="../W/wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a>. Compiler optimization techniques
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and many aspects of <a href="../O/OS.html"><i class="glossterm">OS</i></a> design used to be
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<a href="deep-magic.html"><i class="glossterm">deep magic</i></a>; many techniques in cryptography, signal
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processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare
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<a href="../H/heavy-wizardry.html"><i class="glossterm">heavy wizardry</i></a>. Esp.: found in comments of the form “<span class="quote">Deep
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magic begins here...</span>”. Compare
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