English Dictionary: /dev/null | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for /dev/null | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
/dev/null /dev-nuhl/ n. [from the Unix null device, used as a data sink] A notional `black hole' in any information space being discussed, used, or referred to. A controversial posting, for example, might end "Kudos to rasputin@kremlin.org, flames to /dev/null". See {bit bucket}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
/dev/null /dev-nuhl/ [The Unix null device, used as a {data sink}] A notional "black hole" in any information space being discussed, used, or referred to. A controversial posting, for example, might end "Kudos to rasputin@kremlin.org, flames to /dev/null". See {bit bucket}. [{Jargon File}] |