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An earlier screen scraper from Sterling Software, Atlanta, GA, that was used to turn a character-based terminal screen into a Windows front end. See screen scraper.
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flashpoint

The temperature at which a substance, such as a fuel oil, will give off a vapor that will flash or burn momentarily when ignited.
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