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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Berzerkeley /b*r-zer'klee/ n. [from `berserk', via the name of a now-deceased record label; poss. originated by famed columnist Herb Caen] Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp. to refer to the practices or products of the BSD Unix hackers. See software bloat, Berkeley Quality Software. Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far back as the 1960s. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BERZERKELEY |
| Specialty definitions using "BERZERKELEY": Berkeley Quality Software, Berkeley System Distribution, Berzerkley ♦ Missed'em-five. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-e-k-l-r-r-y-z" | |
-5 letters: beezer, breeze, breezy, reeker, reeler. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 52 5A 45 52 4B 45 4C 45 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .-. --.. . .-. -.- . .-.. . -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01010010 01011010 01000101 01010010 01001011 01000101 01001100 01000101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E R Z E R K E L E Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0052 005A 0045 0052 004B 0045 004C 0045 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3639526039524539463959 |
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