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{{quote|'''[http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/M/Microsloth-Windows.html Microsloth Windows]''': /mi:krohsloth` windohz/, n. (Variants combine {Microshift, Macroshaft, Microsuck} with {Windoze, WinDOS}. Hackerism(s) for 'Microsoft Windows'. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition.}}
* [[Explosive Overclocking]]: The entry for the [http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/HCF.html "Halt and Catch Fire"] machine language instruction.
* [[Finagle's Law]]: Has a [http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/Finagles-Law.html defining entry], with a citation for what might be the original source.
* [[Ha Ha Only Serious]]: Defined by the file.
* [[Hanlon's Razor]]: Possibly the earliest expression of the concept under that name.