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a person's working hours are defined as 9 to 5 (see code grinder). 4. Anywhere outside a university. "Poor fellow, he's left MIT and gone into the Real World." Used pejoratively by those not in residence there. In conversation, talking of someone who has entered the Real World is not unlike speaking of a deceased person. It is also noteworthy that on the campus of Cambridge University in England, there is a gaily-painted lamp-post which bears the label 'REALITY CHECKPOINT'. It marks the boundary between university and the Real World; check your notions of reality before passing. This joke is funnier because the Cambridge 'campus' is actually coextensive with the center of Cambridge town. See also fear and loathing, mundane, and uninteresting. |
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reality check n. 1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware; doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if you get 4. The software equivalent of a smoke test. 2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software. Compare sanity check. |
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reaper n. A prowler that GFRs files. A file removed in this way is said to have been reaped. |
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rectangle slinger n. See polygon pusher. |
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recursion n. See recursion. See also tail recursion. |
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recursive acronym n. A hackish (and especially MIT) tradition is to choose acronyms/abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other |
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