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systems area (compare [1445]black magic). VLSI design and compiler

code optimization were (in their beginnings) considered classic

examples of black art; as theory developed they became [1446]deep

magic, and once standard textbooks had been written, became merely

[1447]heavy wizardry. The huge proliferation of formal and informal

channels for spreading around new computer-related technologies during

the last twenty years has made both the term `black art' and what it

describes less common than formerly. See also [1448]voodoo

programming.

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black hole n.,vt.

[common] What data (a piece of email or netnews, or a stream of TCP/IP

packets) has fallen into if it disappears mysteriously between its

origin and destination sites (that is, without returning a

[1452]bounce message). "I think there's a black hole at foovax!"

conveys suspicion that site foovax has been dropping a lot of stuff on

the floor lately (see [1453]drop on the floor). The implied metaphor

of email as interstellar travel is interesting in itself. Readily

verbed as `blackhole': "That router is blackholing IDP packets."

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