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jock

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1.jock - A programmer who is characterised by large and somewhat brute-force programs.
2.jock - When modified by another noun, describes a specialist in some particular computing area. The compounds "compiler jock" and "systems jock" seem to be the best-established examples.


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"Men do call me Jock o' Teviotdale, and thence am I come," said the stranger.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Sir John Ballinger is the best gentleman jock in the north country.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
But so will Jock the teamster pass, in some crisis that brings him thither, and find favor, as long as his head is not giddy with the new circumstance, and the iron shoes do not wish to dance in waltzes and cotillons.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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