Douglas Coupland's Microserfs 71 words

of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension

(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time

native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

a person with an unusual or odd personality

United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

(from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

(trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models

a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email

an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form

treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

just below the level of consciousness

a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries

the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

exercise that builds muscles through tension

(psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars

a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises

a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp

the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s)

(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data

a low-level programing language; close approximation to machine language

a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits

(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte

a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors

a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada

small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping

transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'

general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree

software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc.

a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation

a university town in California

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)

a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

get the meaning of something

a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer

a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain

constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in

made by blending several lots of cheese

the output of a computer in printed form

(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer

a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking

a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight

a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style

a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency

(computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

in a random manner

the decade from 1990 to 1999