[very common] Pejorative hackerism for Microsoft's "Internet
Explorer" web browser (also "Internet Exploiter"). Compare HP-SUX, AIDX,
buglix, Macintrash, Telerat, ScumOS,
sun-stools, Slowlaris.
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Internet Exploiter n.
Another common name-of-insult for Internet Explorer,
Microsoft's overweight Web Browser; more hostile than Internet Exploder. Reflects
widespread hostility to Microsoft and a sense that it is seeking
to hijack, monopolize, and corrupt the Internet. Compare Exploder and the less pejorative Netscrape.
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interrupt
1. [techspeak] n. On a computer, an event that interrupts
normal processing and temporarily diverts flow-of-control through
an "interrupt handler" routine. See also trap. 2. interj. A request for attention from a
hacker. Often explicitly spoken. "Interrupt -- have you seen Joe
recently?" See priority
interrupt. 3. Under MS-DOS, nearly synonymous with
`system call', because the OS and BIOS routines are both called
using the INT instruction (see interrupt list) and because
programmers so often have to bypass the OS (going directly to a
BIOS interrupt) to get reasonable performance.
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interrupt list n.
[MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both
documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained
and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown. As of late
1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
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interrupts locked out adj.
When someone is ignoring you. In a restaurant, after several
fruitless attempts to get the waitress's attention, a hacker
might well observe "She must have interrupts locked out". The
synonym `interrupts disabled' is also common. Variations abound;
"to have one's interrupt mask bit set" and "interrupts masked
out" are also heard. See also spl.