DPB
/d*-pib'/ The PDP-10 instruction "DePosit Byte" that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. Hackish usage has been kept alive by the Common LISP function of the same name. [Jargon File] (1994-12-07) | ||||
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DPB Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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DPB
/d*-pib'/ vt. [from the PDP-10 instruction set] To plop something down in the middle. Usage: silly. "DPB yourself into that couch there." The connotation would be that the couch is full except for one slot just big enough for one last person to sit in. DPB means `DePosit Byte', and was the name of a PDP-10 instruction that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. Hackish usage has been kept alive by the Common LISP function of the same name.
/d*-pib'/ vt. [from the PDP-10 instruction set] To plop something down in the middle. Usage: silly. "DPB yourself into that couch there." The connotation would be that the couch is full except for one slot just big enough for one last person to sit in. DPB means `DePosit Byte', and was the name of a PDP-10 instruction that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. Hackish usage has been kept alive by the Common LISP function of the same name.
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DPB Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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dpb
/d*-pib'/ the pdp-10 instruction "deposit byte" that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. hackish usage has been kept alive by the common lisp function of the same name.
dpb
/d*-pib'/ the pdp-10 instruction "deposit byte" that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. hackish usage has been kept alive by the common lisp function of the same name.
DPB Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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DPB can stand for:
- Domestic Purposes Benefit in the New Zealand social security system: A social welfare payment for single parents.
- USCG deployable pursuit boat, used by the United States Coast Guard
- A fictional security company often mentioned and seen in The Matrix Online. What the letters stand for in this game is not specified.
- Defense Policy Board
- Discounted Payback (DPB) -- an engineering economics measure
- Dance Party Boy (DPB) -- Dance Party Boy is great friends with his female counter-part, Dance Party Girl
- Dopravný podnik Bratislava, main Bratislava public transport company.
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