implementation of compression by James A. Woods et al. and widely
circulated via {Usenet}; use of {crunch} itself in this sense
is rare among Unix hackers. Specifically, compress is built around
the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm as described in "A Technique for
High Performance Data Compression", Terry A. Welch, "IEEE
Computer", vol. 17, no. 6 (June 1984), pp. 8--19.

:Compu$erve: /n./ See {CI$}. Synonyms CompuSpend and
Compu$pend are also reported.

:computer confetti: /n./ Syn. {chad}. Though this term is
common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the
pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he
and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of
rice. The groom later grumbled that he and his bride had spent most
of the evening trying to get the stuff out of their hair.

:computer geek: /n./ 1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a
living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes
about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with
all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by
outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare
black-on-black vs. white-on-black usage of `nigger'. A computer
geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a
proto-hacker in {larval stage}. Also called `turbo nerd',
`turbo geek'. See also {propeller head}, {clustergeeking},
{geek out}, {wannabee}, {terminal junkie}, {spod},
{weenie}. 2. Some self-described computer geeks use this term
in a positive sense and protest sense 1 (this seems to have