slacken

v 1: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: {slow}, {slow

down}, {slow up}, {slack}]

2: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got

tired" [syn: {slack}, {slack up}]

3: become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

4: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: {remit}]

slack

1. Internal fragmentation. Space allocated

to a disk file but not actually used to store useful

information.

2. In the theology of the {Church of the SubGenius},

a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of

all human happiness.

Since {Unix} files are stored compactly, except for the

unavoidable wastage in the last block or fragment, it might be

said that "Unix has no slack".

See {ha ha only serious}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-03-01)