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** Which was created along with its debugging data format called [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|DWARF]], '''D'''ebugging '''W'''ith '''A'''ttributed '''R'''ecord '''F'''ormats. |
** Which was created along with its debugging data format called [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|DWARF]], '''D'''ebugging '''W'''ith '''A'''ttributed '''R'''ecord '''F'''ormats. |
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* While the Cisco's Carrier Routing System router, CRS-1 was in development, it was known by the code name of HFR that stands for '''H'''uge [[Cluster F-Bomb|Fucking]] '''R'''outer. |
* While the Cisco's Carrier Routing System router, CRS-1 was in development, it was known by the code name of HFR that stands for '''H'''uge [[Cluster F-Bomb|Fucking]] '''R'''outer. |
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* Subverted with the esoteric programming language, INTERCAL, which stands for "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym". |
* Subverted with the esoteric programming language, [[w:INTERCAL|INTERCAL]], which stands for "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym". |
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* There are two main hypotheses for how Dark Matter works- '''W'''eakly '''I'''nteracting '''M'''assive '''P'''articles or '''Ma'''ssive '''C'''ompact '''H'''alo '''O'''bjects. '''WIMP'''s and '''MACHO'''s, anyone? |
* There are two main hypotheses for how Dark Matter works- '''W'''eakly '''I'''nteracting '''M'''assive '''P'''articles or '''Ma'''ssive '''C'''ompact '''H'''alo '''O'''bjects. '''WIMP'''s and '''MACHO'''s, anyone? |
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** Somehow, it'd be funnier if it was '''Na'''tural instead of '''Ma'''ssive. |
** Somehow, it'd be funnier if it was '''Na'''tural instead of '''Ma'''ssive. |