the server.

:dictionary flame: /n./ [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a
debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that
presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise.
A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to
disputes about reality. Compare {spelling flame}.

:diddle: 1. /vt./ To work with or modify in a not particularly
serious manner. "I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't
double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece of code and
see if the problem goes away." See {tweak} and {twiddle}.
2. /n./ The action or result of diddling. See also {tweak},
{twiddle}, {frob}.

:die: /v./ Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used
primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and
software. See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}.

:die horribly: /v./ The software equivalent of {crash and
burn}, and the preferred emphatic form of {die}. "The
converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".

:diff: /dif/ /n./ 1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs'). "Send me your
diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare {vdiff}. 2. Specifically,
such a listing produced by the `diff(1)' command, esp. when
used as specification input to the `patch(1)' utility (which
can actually perform the modifications; see {patch}). This is a