Alt bit
alt bit
/awlt bit/ alternate bit. see meta bit.
[jargon file]
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- Alt-rock
noun a genre of rock music regarded by its pract-tioners and fans as being outside the mainstream noun alternative rock; rock music that is somewhat different than mainstream genres examples indie rock is considered alt-rock. usage note music
- Alt. hor.
alt. hor. alt. hor. abbr. latin alternis horis (every other hour) latin alternis horis (every other hour)
- Alt.sources
alt.sources messaging, programming a usenet newsgroup for posting program source code. archive (ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/alt.sources/). (1995-10-18)
- Alta california
a former spanish colony of new spain, in the modern-day states of california, nevada, and n arizona: ceded by mexico to the united states 1848. historical examples two years ago,” said the “alta california” in 1851, “trade was a wild unorganized whirl. the life of bret harte henry childs merwin in him the romance of […]
- Alta vista
alta vista world-wide web a world-wide web site provided by digital which features a very fast web and usenet search engine. as of april 1996 its word index is 33gb in size. altavista is currently (june 1996) the largest web index, with 30 million pages from 225,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 usenet […]