We've got 0 shorthands »

Acronyms that contain the term line eater the 

What does line eater the mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: line eater the.

We couldn't find any results for your search.

Couldn't find the right meaning of line eater the?
Maybe you were looking for one of these abbreviations:

LINDAR, LINDDUN, LINDO, LINDSCIENCE, LINE, LINER, LINF, LINFO, LINGSE, Lingua

... or use our Power Search technology to look
for more unique definitions from across the web!

Search the web

What does line eater the mean?

line eater the
1. [Usenet] A bug in some now-obsolete versions of the netnews software that used to eat up to BUFSIZ bytes of the article text. The bug was triggered by having the text of the article start with a space or tab. This bug was quickly personified as a mythical creature called the line eater, and postings often included a dummy line of line eater food. Ironically, line eater ‘food’ not beginning with a space or tab wasn't actually eaten, since the bug was avoided; but if there was a space or tab before it, then the line eater would eat the food and the beginning of the text it was supposed to be protecting. The practice of sacrificing to the line eater continued for some time after the bug had been nailed to the wall, and is still humorously referred to. The bug itself was still occasionally reported to be lurking in some mail-to-netnews gateways as late as 1991. 2. See NSA line eater.

see more »

Discuss these line eater the abbreviations with the community:

0 Comments

    Know the definition for line eater the? Know the meaning of line eater the? Don't keep it to yourself!

    Citation

    Use the citation options below to add these abbreviations to your bibliography.

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "line eater the." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.abbreviations.com/line%20eater%20%20the>.

    Browse Abbreviations.com

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    The ultimate acronym test

    »
    4WD
    A 4 Week Drive
    B 4 Week Days
    C 4 Wheel Drive
    D 4 Wave Days