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Term in computing
In computing, Xyzzy is sometimes used as a metasyntactic variable or as a video game cheat code. Xyzzy comes from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer
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Look up xyzzy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. xyzzy or XYZZY may refer to: Xyzzy (computing), a magic word from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer
Xyzzy
Placeholder variables in programming
was here Lorem ipsum, similar placeholder text used outside programming xyzzy Category:Variable (computer science) /ˈfuːbɑːr/ /kwʌks/, regardless of length
Foobar
Mathematical operation on vectors in 3D space
above-mentioned Levi–Civita representation).[citation needed] The word "xyzzy" can be used to remember the definition of the cross product. If a = b ×
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most multi-player games as well. Cheating AI Debug menu Konami Code Xyzzy (computing) Video game modding Boldi, Arianna, and Amon Rapp. “‘Is It Legit, To
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Machine instruction that indicates to a computer to do nothing
functional programming equivalent to NOP IEFBR14 – mainframe tautology xyzzy (computing) – a command sometimes used instead of NOP X86 instruction listings#Added
NOP_(code)
Software genre
and turns. Varicella (1999) by Adam Cadre. It won four XYZZY Awards in 1999 including the XYZZY Award for Best Game, and had a scholarly essay written
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come externally and which activates otherwise hidden functionality Xyzzy (computing), the first magic word encountered in Colossal Cave Adventure and often
Magic_word_(disambiguation)
Programming language and design system
Competition in 1998. Varicella by Adam Cadre (1999). It won four XYZZY Awards in 1999 including the XYZZY Award for Best Game, and had a scholarly essay written
Inform
Something hidden within a work
Adventure was fashioned, which includes several secret words. One of these is "xyzzy", a command which enables the player to move between two points in the game
Easter_egg_(media)
Placeholder term used in computer science
quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, and thud. Two of these words, plugh and xyzzy, are taken from the game Colossal Cave Adventure
Metasyntactic_variable
1960s computer command processor
called, e.g. putting CHAIN LALA FAFA in the script and invoking RUNCOM XYZZY 3 will cause LALA in the script to be substituted into a 3 when it is used
RUNCOM
1976 video game
have gone on to have a lasting impact in programming and video games. "Xyzzy" is a magic word that teleports the player between two locations ("inside
Colossal_Cave_Adventure
Numeric value with an unclear meaning
Time formatting and storage bugs – Class of software bugs XYZZY (magic word) – Term in computingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Martin
Magic_number_(programming)
early versions of the Minesweeper game, if the user starts the game, types "xyzzy", and presses Right Shift+↵ Enter simultaneously, the top left-most pixel
List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products
List_of_Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products
C compiler for RISC OS
the in-progress compiler through its paces. "Interview: Graham Nelson". XYZZY News. Eileen Mullin. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved
Acorn_C/C++
Family of programmable calculators and desktop computers
in use today to support legacy applications. HP BASIC (disambiguation) XYZZY (hidden command) MAME provides emulators for the 9825 and 9845. "Encore
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H. Ahl (April 1982). "Six Business Management Games" (jpg). Creative Computing. Vol. 8, no. 4. pp. 28, 30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16.
List of commercial video games with later released source code
List_of_commercial_video_games_with_later_released_source_code
Sequence of characters that forms a search pattern
expression. For instance, determining the validity of a given ISBN requires computing the remainder of an integer modulo 11, and can be easily implemented with
Regular_expression
American poet & digital media professor
and type certain commands in order to solve puzzles. It received the 2000 XYZZY Award for Best Puzzles. Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive
Nick_Montfort
2011 edition of the C++ programming language standard
vector<string> v = { "xyzzy", "plugh", "abracadabra" }; vector<string> v({ "xyzzy", "plugh", "abracadabra" }); vector<string> v{ "xyzzy", "plugh", "abracadabra"
C++11
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Muslim/Islamic
Servant of the Guardian of Faith
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British, English
Holy Book
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Wolverton, as for example the one in Buckinghamshire, or from Woolverton in Somerset or Wolferton in Norfolk, all of which are named from the Old English personal name Wulfhere + -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
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Hindu
The Moon
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Russian
(Тома) Croatian, Bulgarian and Russian form of Greek ThÅmas (Aramaic Tau'ma), TOMA means "twin." Compare with feminine Toma.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Guide to righteousness, Gift
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Young gazelle, Integrity of conduct
Male
Swiss
, bay or laurel tree.
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Dirk, DIERK means "first of the people; king of nations."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places named Hambleton, Hambleden, or Hambledon, in particular Hambleton in Lancashire, which is named from Old English hamel ‘crooked (hill)’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
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The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.
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A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.
n.
An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860.
n.
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
v. i.
To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
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A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Compute
n.
The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.
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An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses.
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A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion.
n.
One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
p. p. & a.
Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.