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The language people are speaking when they t4|k l1k3 7h15. Spoken by the l33t. Produced by substituting numbers or charachters (or groups thereof) for letters. "A" becomes "4", or "/\" or "/-\". "B" becomes "8" or "|3", and so on and so forth. Some substitutions are mandatory: When speaking l33t, one does no use "you", but "j00". Similarly, "0"s should be substituded for "o"s whereever possible.

STFU Name j00 n00b j00're teh gh3y l4m3r phukk3r! 3y3 4m l33t!!!1

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pentium 4

Intel's latest attempt to put one over on computer users, sacrificing real performance for high GHz numbers, in a (successful) effort to make people believe that they were getting a better processor.

Pentium 4s are charachterized by a locked multiplier, a heatspreader (which actually serves to drive temps higher) and a rediculously high price. Utterly owned by a good AMD Athlon.

My overclocked Athlon will pw33n j00're Pentium 4!!

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CPM

CPM, n. Also spelled CP/M. An acronym for "Control Program for Microprocessors", CP/M was a text-based operating system popular in the late 70s and early 80s. Developed for Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 machines, it was also ported to x86. Utterly destroyed by MS/DOS (which was derived from CP/M) and IBM's x86 PCs (The PC, XT, and AT). This was the OS used on the famous Osborne portable computers, remembered both for being the first portables, and having a screen smaller than a postcard.

Many people think MS/DOS was a cheap ripoff of CP/M.

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cyberathlete

A person who competes in computer games for prize money. Yes, some people actually make a living off of this, tournaments of Counterstrike and Brood War are broadcast on television in some areas, complete with commentators.

Stereotypical adult: "So, what kind of a job are you looking to get?"
Stereotypical gamer: "Well, I'm hoping to become a cyberathlete."

Iff

A specialized form of if: means "If and only if". Because it's pronounced the same as "if", it's mainly a written word.

Iff that dosen't work, drop me a line.

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BX

Short for Intel's 440BX chipset, which was the last good chipset they made. The 440BX replaced the 440LX, the big difference being that the BX was speced for 100 MHz operation. Though it only supported 2x AGP and IDE speeds faster than UDMA/33, new BX boards were being designed right up until the start of the Willamette.

The 440BX was legendary for being an good chipset to overclock on. Though it officially only supported front side bus speeds up to 100 MHz, it was rock stable at 133, and, with extra cooling, often went to 150. This is one of the very few chipsets that was ever sold overclocked right out of the box. Both the Abit BX-133 RAID and the Asus CUBX series advertised on the package that they supported 133 MHz FSB. The BX was one of the few chipsets that could be counted on to overclock to 133, rather like a Celeron 300 could be counted on to do 450 MHz, or, back in the early days, how a '486-25 could be counted on to do 33 MHz.

The BX was also the last Intel chipset to natively support ISA, which, despite being slow, is to this day fast enough to keep up with things like a 56k modem.

"My Linux box is a Celemine 1 gig on a BX board."

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Zod

A rune in Diablo 2: LoD, noted for being damn near impossible to find. Renders any item into which it is socketed indestructable. Usefulness, except as a trading item was diminished in the 1.09 patch, when socketing a zod into something would reduce the durability of the item to zero. Supposedly, the reason this was discovered in 1.09 was that Blizzard managed to get a patch out before someone could find one. Yes, they are that rare, or at least seem to be.These can go for many dozens of SoJs, and even dozens of real-life dollars.

"Man I'm tired. I spent five hours straight doing cow runs looking for a Zod rune."

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