flippy /flip'ee/ n.
A single-sided floppy disk altered for double-sided use by
addition of a second write-notch, so called because it must be
flipped over for the second side to be accessible. No longer
common.
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flood v.
[common] 1. To overwhelm a network channel with
mechanically-generated traffic; especially used of IP, TCP/IP,
UDP, or ICMP denial-of-service attacks. 2. To dump large amounts
of text onto an IRC channel. This is
especially rude when the text is uninteresting and the other
users are trying to carry on a serious conversation. Also used in
a similar sense on Usenet. 3. [Usenet] To post an unusually large
number or volume of files on a related topic.
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flowchart n.
[techspeak] An archaic form of visual control-flow
specification employing arrows and `speech balloons' of various
shapes. Hackers never use flowcharts, consider them extremely
silly, and associate them with COBOL
programmers, card
wallopers, and other lower forms of life. This attitude
follows from the observations that flowcharts (at least from a
hacker's point of view) are no easier to read than code, are less
precise, and tend to fall out of sync with the code (so that they
either obfuscate it rather than explaining it, or require extra
maintenance effort that doesn't improve the code). See also PDL, sense 1.