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fud
(encz) | FUD,Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt [zkr.] strach, nejistota, obavy |
Fud
(gcide) | Fud \Fud\, n. [Of uncertain origin.]
1. The tail of a hare, coney, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Burns.
[1913 Webster]
2. Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.
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fud
(foldoc) | FUD
/fuhd/ An acronym invented by Gene Amdahl
after he left IBM to found his own company: "FUD is the
fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill
in the minds of potential customers who might be considering
[Amdahl] products." The idea, of course, was to persuade them
to go with safe IBM gear rather than with competitors'
equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally
accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to
people who stuck with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the
future of competitors' equipment or software.
[Jargon File]
(1995-05-23)
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fud
(jargon) | FUD
/fuhd/, n.
Defined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to found his own company: “FUD is
the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds
of potential customers who might be considering [Amdahl] products.” The
idea, of course, was to persuade them to go with safe IBM gear rather than
with competitors' equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally
accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to people who stuck
with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the future of competitors' equipment
or software. See IBM. After 1990 the term FUD was associated increasingly
frequently with Microsoft, and has become generalized to refer to any
kind of disinformation used as a competitive weapon.
[In 2003, SCO sued IBM in an action which, among other things, alleged
SCO's proprietary control of Linux. The SCO suit rapidly became infamous
for the number and magnitude of falsehoods alleged in SCO's filings. In
October 2003, SCO's lawyers filed a memorandum in which they actually had
the temerity to link to the web version of this entry in furtherance of
their claims. Whilst we appreciate the compliment of being treated as an
authority, we can return it only by observing that SCO has become a nest of
liars and thieves compared to which IBM at its historic worst looked
positively angelic. Any judge or law clerk reading this should surf through
to my collected resources on this topic for the appalling details.—ESR]
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fud
(vera) | FUD
Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (slang, IBM)
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befuddle
(mass) | befuddle
- zmiasť |
fuddle
(mass) | fuddle
- zmätok |
befuddle
(encz) | befuddle,zmást v: Zdeněk Brož |
befuddled
(encz) | befuddled,popletl v: Zdeněk Brožbefuddled,zmatený adj: Pinobefuddled,zmátl v: Zdeněk Brož |
chocolate fudge
(encz) | chocolate fudge, n: |
divinity fudge
(encz) | divinity fudge, n: |
fish fuddle
(encz) | fish fuddle, n: |
fud
(encz) | FUD,Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt [zkr.] strach, nejistota, obavy |
fuddle
(encz) | fuddle,opilost n: Zdeněk Brožfuddle,opít v: Zdeněk Brož |
fuddle duddle*
(encz) | fuddle duddle*, |
fuddled
(encz) | fuddled,opil v: Zdeněk Brož |
fuddy-duddy
(encz) | fuddy-duddy, n: |
fudge
(encz) | fudge,podvádět v: Nijelfudge,vymýšlet si |
fudge cake
(encz) | fudge cake,fondán n: Pino |
fudge factor
(encz) | fudge factor, n: |
fudge it
(encz) | fudge it, |
fudge sauce
(encz) | fudge sauce, n: |
fudge together
(encz) | fudge together, v: |
fudges
(encz) | fudges,nesmysly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
fudging
(encz) | fudging,překrucování n: Zdeněk Brož |
hot-fudge sauce
(encz) | hot-fudge sauce, n: |
Befuddle
(gcide) | Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
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Befuddled
(gcide) | Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
[1913 Webster]befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind
Syn: stupefied.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused,
mazed, mixed-up.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly,
wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.
[WordNet 1.5] |
befuddled
(gcide) | Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
[1913 Webster]befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind
Syn: stupefied.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused,
mazed, mixed-up.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly,
wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Fudder
(gcide) | Fudder \Fud"der\, n.
See Fodder, a weight.
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Fuddle
(gcide) | Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fuddling.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf.
Fuzzle.]
To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
[Colloq.]
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I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.
--Steele.
[1913 Webster]Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. i.
To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
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Fuddled
(gcide) | Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fuddling.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf.
Fuzzle.]
To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
[Colloq.]
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I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.
--Steele.
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Fuddler
(gcide) | Fuddler \Fud"dler\, n.
A drunkard. [Colloq.] --Baxter.
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Fuddling
(gcide) | Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fuddling.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf.
Fuzzle.]
To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
[Colloq.]
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I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.
--Steele.
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Fudge
(gcide) | Fudge \Fudge\, n.
A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk,
and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred
to a proper consistency.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fudge \Fudge\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of
contempt.]
A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an
exclamation of contempt.
[1913 Webster]Fudge \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fudged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fudging.]
1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
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Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N.
Fairfax.
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2. To foist; to interpolate.
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That last "suppose" is fudged in. --Foote.
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fudge factor
(gcide) | fudge factor \fudge factor\, n.
a term or factor inserted into a calculation to compensate
for anticipated errors, or to arbitrarily make the result
conform to some desired conclusion.
[PJC] |
Fudge wheel
(gcide) | Fudge wheel \Fudge" wheel"\ (Shoemaking)
A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.
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Fudged
(gcide) | Fudge \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fudged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fudging.]
1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
[1913 Webster]
Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N.
Fairfax.
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2. To foist; to interpolate.
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That last "suppose" is fudged in. --Foote.
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Fudging
(gcide) | Fudge \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fudged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fudging.]
1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
[1913 Webster]
Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N.
Fairfax.
[1913 Webster]
2. To foist; to interpolate.
[1913 Webster]
That last "suppose" is fudged in. --Foote.
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an nafud
(wn) | An Nafud
n 1: a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red
sand and violent winds [syn: Nefud, An Nefud, Nafud,
An Nafud] |
an nefud
(wn) | An Nefud
n 1: a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red
sand and violent winds [syn: Nefud, An Nefud, Nafud,
An Nafud] |
befuddle
(wn) | befuddle
v 1: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled
even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox,
befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,
discombobulate]
2: make stupid with alcohol [syn: befuddle, fuddle] |
befuddled
(wn) | befuddled
adj 1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled
mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged,
befuddled]
2: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled,
befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
3: confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
"muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly
thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled,
muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed,
wooly-minded] |
befuddlement
(wn) | befuddlement
n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn:
bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement,
befuddlement, mystification, bafflement,
bemusement] |
chocolate fudge
(wn) | chocolate fudge
n 1: fudge made with chocolate or cocoa |
divinity fudge
(wn) | divinity fudge
n 1: white creamy fudge made with egg whites [syn: divinity,
divinity fudge] |
fish fuddle
(wn) | fish fuddle
n 1: small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-
pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white
flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods;
yields fish poisons [syn: Jamaica dogwood, fish fuddle,
Piscidia piscipula, Piscidia erythrina] |
fuddle
(wn) | fuddle
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble,
muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
v 1: make stupid with alcohol [syn: befuddle, fuddle]
2: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn:
drink, booze, fuddle]
3: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even
the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] |
fuddled
(wn) | fuddled
adj 1: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto,
crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed,
pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed,
smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy,
stiff, tight, wet] |
fuddy-duddy
(wn) | fuddy-duddy
n 1: a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or
appearance; "you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy
trying to stop young people having fun" |
fudge
(wn) | fudge
n 1: soft creamy candy
v 1: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures";
"cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
misrepresent]
2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] |
fudge factor
(wn) | fudge factor
n 1: a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase
the accuracy of a scientific measure [syn: correction,
fudge factor] |
fudge sauce
(wn) | fudge sauce
n 1: thick chocolate sauce served hot [syn: hot-fudge sauce,
fudge sauce] |
fudge together
(wn) | fudge together
v 1: produce shoddily, without much attention to detail [syn:
fudge together, throw together] |
hot-fudge sauce
(wn) | hot-fudge sauce
n 1: thick chocolate sauce served hot [syn: hot-fudge sauce,
fudge sauce] |
nafud
(wn) | Nafud
n 1: a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red
sand and violent winds [syn: Nefud, An Nefud, Nafud,
An Nafud] |
nefud
(wn) | Nefud
n 1: a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red
sand and violent winds [syn: Nefud, An Nefud, Nafud,
An Nafud] |
fud
(foldoc) | FUD
/fuhd/ An acronym invented by Gene Amdahl
after he left IBM to found his own company: "FUD is the
fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill
in the minds of potential customers who might be considering
[Amdahl] products." The idea, of course, was to persuade them
to go with safe IBM gear rather than with competitors'
equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally
accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to
people who stuck with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the
future of competitors' equipment or software.
[Jargon File]
(1995-05-23)
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fud wars
(foldoc) | FUD wars
/fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD,
engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly
committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment
the market to protect their own shares. The {Unix
International} vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding
example.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-01)
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fudge
(foldoc) | fudge
1. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way,
particularly with respect to the writing of a program. "I
didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I
fudged it - I'll fix it later."
2. The resulting code.
[Jargon File]
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fudge factor
(foldoc) | fudge factor
A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to
produce the desired result. The terms "tolerance" and slop
are also used, though these usually indicate a one-sided
leeway, such as a buffer that is made larger than necessary
because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to be, and
it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely
for not having enough. A fudge factor, on the other hand, can
often be tweaked in more than one direction. A good example
is the "fuzz" typically allowed in floating-point
calculations: two numbers being compared for equality must be
allowed to differ by a small amount; if that amount is too
small, a computation may never terminate, while if it is too
large, results will be needlessly inaccurate. Fudge factors
are frequently adjusted incorrectly by programmers who don't
fully understand their import.
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fudgets
(foldoc) | Fudgets
(From "functional widgets") {Graphical user
interface} widgets available as The Fudget library - a
toolkit for concurrent programming of graphical user
interfaces, client/servers and more written in Haskell by
Thomas Hallgren and Magnus Carlsson
.
Version: h9 1995-07-04 (Baastad Spring School Release).
(http://cs.chalmers.se/Fudgets/).
(ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/haskell/chalmers).
(1996-03-17)
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fudgit
(foldoc) | FUDGIT
A double-precision multi-purpose fitting program by Thomas
Koenig . It can manipulate complete
columns of numbers in the form of vector arithmetic. FUDGIT
is also an expression language interpreter understanding
most of C grammar except pointers. Morever, FUDGIT is a
front end for any plotting program supporting commands from
stdin, e.g. Gnuplot.
Version 2.27 runs on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, IRIX, NeXT,
SunOS, Ultrix.
(ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/).
(1993-03-22)
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fud
(jargon) | FUD
/fuhd/, n.
Defined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to found his own company: “FUD is
the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds
of potential customers who might be considering [Amdahl] products.” The
idea, of course, was to persuade them to go with safe IBM gear rather than
with competitors' equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally
accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to people who stuck
with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the future of competitors' equipment
or software. See IBM. After 1990 the term FUD was associated increasingly
frequently with Microsoft, and has become generalized to refer to any
kind of disinformation used as a competitive weapon.
[In 2003, SCO sued IBM in an action which, among other things, alleged
SCO's proprietary control of Linux. The SCO suit rapidly became infamous
for the number and magnitude of falsehoods alleged in SCO's filings. In
October 2003, SCO's lawyers filed a memorandum in which they actually had
the temerity to link to the web version of this entry in furtherance of
their claims. Whilst we appreciate the compliment of being treated as an
authority, we can return it only by observing that SCO has become a nest of
liars and thieves compared to which IBM at its historic worst looked
positively angelic. Any judge or law clerk reading this should surf through
to my collected resources on this topic for the appalling details.—ESR]
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fud wars
(jargon) | FUD wars
/fuhd worz/, n.
1, [from FUD] Historically, political posturing engaged in by hardware
and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardization but actually
willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix
International vs.: OSF conflict about Unix standards was one outstanding
example; Microsoft vs. Netscape vs. W3C about HTML standards is another.
2. Since about 2000 the FUD wars have a different character; the battle
over open standards has been partly replaced and partly subsumed by the
argument between closed- and open source proponents. Nowadays,
accordingly, the term is most likely to be used of anti-open-source
propaganda emitted by Microsoft. Compare astroturfing.
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fudge
(jargon) | fudge
1. vt. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way,
particularly with respect to the writing of a program. “I didn't feel like
going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it — I'll fix it later.”
2. n. The resulting code.
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fudge factor
(jargon) | fudge factor
n.
[common] A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce
the desired result. The terms tolerance and slop are also used, though
these usually indicate a one-sided leeway, such as a buffer that is made
larger than necessary because one isn't sure exactly how large it needs to
be, and it is better to waste a little space than to lose completely for
not having enough. A fudge factor, on the other hand, can often be tweaked
in more than one direction. A good example is the fuzz typically allowed in
floating-point calculations: two numbers being compared for equality must
be allowed to differ by a small amount; if that amount is too small, a
computation may never terminate, while if it is too large, results will be
needlessly inaccurate. Fudge factors are frequently adjusted incorrectly by
programmers who don't fully understand their import. See also {coefficient
of X}.
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fud
(vera) | FUD
Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (slang, IBM)
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