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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Moof</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="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="monty.html" title="monty"/><link rel="next" href="Moores-Law.html" title="Moore's Law"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Moof</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="monty.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Moores-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Moof"/><dt xmlns="" id="Moof"><b>Moof</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/moof/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Macintosh users] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> The call of a
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semi-legendary creature, properly called the <a href="../D/dogcow.html"><i class="glossterm">dogcow</i></a>.
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(Some previous versions of this entry claimed, incorrectly, that Moof was
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the name of the <span class="emphasis"><em>creature</em></span>.) </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">adj.</span> Used to flag software
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that's a hack, something untested and on the edge. On one Apple CD-ROM,
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certain folders such as “<span class="quote">Tools & Apps (Moof!)</span>” and
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“<span class="quote">Development Platforms (Moof!)</span>”, are so marked to indicate
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that they contain software not fully tested or sanctioned by the powers
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that be. When you open these folders you cross the boundary into
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hackerland. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">v.</span> On the Microsoft Network,
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the term ‘moof’ has gained popularity as a verb meaning
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‘to be suddenly disconnected by the system’. One might say
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“<span class="quote">I got moofed</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="monty.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Moores-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">monty </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Moore's Law</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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