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・ puff
・ pufft
・ pull
・ pull media
・ pull-down list
・ pull-down menu
・ pulse code modulation
pumpkin
・ pumpkineer
・ pumpking
・ punch card
・ punched card
・ punt
・ purdue compiler-construction tool set
・ purdue university
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pumpkin : FOLDOC
pumpkin
A humourous term for the token - the object (notional or real) that gives its possessor (the "pumpking" or the "pumpkineer") exclusive access to something, e.g. applying patches to a master copy of source (for which the pumpkin is called a "patch pumpkin").
Chip Salzenberg wrote:
David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".
(1999-02-23)



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