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English Dictionary: /dev/null by the DICT Development Group
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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}]
  
  
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