Frogging

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frogging
       See {frog}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frog


       n 1: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long
            hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial
            species [syn: {toad}, {toad frog}, {anuran}, {batrachian},
             {salientian}]
       2: a person of French descent [syn: {Gaul}]
       3: a decorative loop of braid or cord [syn: {frogs}]
       [also: {frogging}, {frogged}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  frogging [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a text
     file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch, as opposed to
     random events like line noise or media failures. Might occur, for
     example, if one bit of each incoming character on a tty were stuck, so
     that some characters were correct and others were not. See {terminak}
     for a historical example and compare {dread high-bit disease}. 2. By
     extension, accidental display of text in a mode where the output device
     emits special symbols or mnemonics rather than conventional ASCII. This
     often happens, for example, when using a terminal or comm program on a
     device like an IBM PC with a special `high-half' character set and with
     the bit-parity assumption wrong. A hacker sufficiently familiar with
     ASCII bit patterns might be able to read the display anyway.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  frogging
       
          ({University of Waterloo}) 1. Partial corruption of a text
          file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch, as
          opposed to random events like line noise or media failures.
          Might occur, for example, if one bit of each incoming
          character on a tty were stuck, so that some characters were
          correct and others were not.
       
          See {terminak} for a historical example.
       
          2. By extension, accidental display of text in a mode where
          the output device emits special symbols or {mnemonic}s rather
          than conventional ASCII.  This often happens, for example,
          when using a terminal or comm program on a device like an {IBM
          PC} with a special "high-half" character set and with the
          bit-parity assumption wrong.  A hacker sufficiently familiar
          with ASCII bit patterns might be able to read the display
          anyway.
       
          [{Jargon File}]