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[967]recursive acronym (Cygnus), [968]Acme, and [969]mung. Discovering

backronyms is a common form of wordplay among hackers. Compare

[970]retcon.

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backspace and overstrike interj.

[rare] Whoa! Back up. Used to suggest that someone just said or did

something wrong. Once common among APL programmers; may now be

obsolete.

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and overstrike, Up:[976]= B =

backward combatability /bak'w*rd k*m-bat'*-bil'*-tee/ n.

[CMU, Tektronix: from `backward compatibility'] A property of hardware

or software revisions in which previous protocols, formats, layouts,

etc. are irrevocably discarded in favor of `new and improved'

protocols, formats, and layouts, leaving the previous ones not merely

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