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Word: checker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...batch file) which tells a computer what to do before leaving the user at the A prompt. For users without a hard disk, the autoexec.bat file can be used to start up specific applications. For example, the Happy Hacker has a wordprocessing disk that will always load a spelling checker program and then start the word processor anytime the computer is reset with the disk in drive...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Making an IBM Compatible User Friendly is as Easy as BAT | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

...Students] used to come in at [5:40 p.m.] and stay until 7:30 p.m. Now they don't linger," said dining hall checker Barbara McCarthy...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: THE BEST OF 1986 | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

Over the years, we developed a number of methods to get our fill of brews. (After taking junior chemistry, we began calling it "balancing the H's"). I once went into a store wearing a shirt with Hebrew writing on it. When the checker asked me for ID, I looked at her quizzically and began babbling away in Hebrew. It didn't work...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: In Search of the Holy Stuff | 12/13/1986 | See Source »

...concept 1 on events A, B and C through X's theoretical analysis of dialecticism." Unfortunately, by the time the Hacker was writting about C, he was repeating what has been said in A and B. Because he didn't read over the content, and only used the spelling checker to check for mistakes, the result was a neat, clean, poorly-written paper. (Re-read the introduction to find out about the grade received...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Literary Hacker Strikes: Writing With a PC | 12/10/1986 | See Source »

...given to people who have expressed a specific need. Computer users tend to prefer one software package over another, and it's best to ask before buying. While it is possible to buy someone any brand of surge suppressor, the Happy Hacker does not recommend giving just any spelling checker or database program without first checking on the user's needs and preferences...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Holiday Gift Ideas for That `Significant Other' | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

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