`disuser' is live but less common. Both usages probably derive
from the DISUSER account status flag on VMS; setting it disables
the account. Compare {star out}.

:do protocol: /vi./ [from network protocol programming] To
perform an interaction with somebody or something that follows a
clearly defined procedure. For example, "Let's do protocol with
the check" at a restaurant means to ask for the check, calculate
the tip and everybody's share, collect money from everybody,
generate change as necessary, and pay the bill. See {protocol}.

:doc: /dok/ /n./ Common spoken and written shorthand for
`documentation'. Often used in the plural `docs' and in the
construction `doc file' (i.e., documentation available on-line).

:documentation:: /n./ The multiple kilograms of macerated,
pounded, steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most
modern software or hardware products (see also {tree-killer}).
Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist
writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and on-line. A common
comment on this predilection is "You can't {grep} dead trees".
See {drool-proof paper}, {verbiage}, {treeware}.

:dodgy: /adj./ Syn. with {flaky}. Preferred outside the
U.S.

:dogcow: /dog'kow/ /n./ See {Moof}. The dogcow is a
semi-legendary creature that lurks in the depths of the Macintosh
Technical Notes Hypercard stack V3.1. The full story of the dogcow
is told in technical note #31 (the particular dogcow illustrated is