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nasal demon

nasal demon noun: unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.

Noun

nasal demon (plural nasal demons)

  1. (humorous, plural, slang) Unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.

Forms of nasal demon

pluralnasal demons

Origin of nasal demon

From a 1992 post on the Usenet newsgroup comp.std.c; see http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/N/nasal-demons.html.

Questions about nasal demon

What does nasal demon mean?
Nasal demon means unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.
What part of speech is nasal demon?
Nasal demon is a noun.
What is the plural of nasal demon?
The plural of nasal demon is nasal demons.

Words near nasal demon in the dictionary

  1. nasal congestion
  2. nasal consonant
  3. nasal consonants
  4. nasal cycle
  5. nasal cycles
  6. nasal demon
  7. nasal demons
  8. nasal discharge
  9. nasal douche
  10. nasal fossa
  11. nasal fossae

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