jargon-i18n

Table of Contents

  • Welcome to the Jargon File
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Jargon Lexicon
    • Glossary
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      • A
      • B
      • C
      • D
      • E
        • Easter egg
        • Easter egging
        • eat flaming death
        • EBCDIC
        • ECP
        • ed
        • egg
        • egosurf
        • eighty-column mind
        • El Camino Bignum
        • elder days
        • elegant
        • elephantine
        • elevator controller
        • elite
        • ELIZA effect
        • elvish
        • EMACS
        • email
        • emoticon
        • EMP
        • empire
        • engine
        • English
        • enhancement
        • ENQ
        • EOD
        • EOF
        • EOL
        • EOU
        • epoch
        • epsilon
        • epsilon squared
        • era
        • Eric Conspiracy
        • Eris
        • erotics
        • error 33
        • eurodemo
        • evil
        • evil and rude
        • Evil Empire
        • exa-
        • examining the entrails
        • EXCH
        • excl
        • EXE
        • exec
        • exercise, left as an
        • Exon
        • Exploder
        • exploit
        • external memory
        • eye candy
        • eyeball search
      • F
      • G
      • H
      • I
      • J
      • K
      • L
      • M
      • N
      • O
      • P
      • Q
      • R
      • S
      • T
      • U
      • V
      • W
      • X
      • Y
      • Z
  • 3. Appendices
jargon-i18n
  • 2. The Jargon Lexicon
  • Glossary
  • E
  • eyeball search
  • Edit on GitHub

eyeball search

n.,v.

To look for something in a mass of code or data with one’s own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Also called a vgrep; compare vdiff.

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