RUNES


Meaning of RUNES in English

1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse : core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as bad as line noise , but close.

Compare casting the runes , Great Runes .

2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on an IBM PC ).

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