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In computing, Xyzzy is sometimes used as a metasyntactic variable or as a video game cheat code. Xyzzy comes from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, where it is the first " magic string " that most players encounter (others include "plugh" and "plover").
In the early versions of the Minesweeper game, if the user starts the game, types "xyzzy", and presses Right Shift+↵ Enter simultaneously, the top left-most pixel of the monitor (not the window) will be white or black when the mouse is hovered above a square, indicating that the square is either safe or mined, respectively. [49]
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xyzzy or XYZZY may refer to: Xyzzy (computing) , a magic word from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, later a metasyntactic variable or a video game cheat code Xyzzy (mnemonic) , memory trick used in mathematics
Mine warfare consists of: minelaying, the deployment of explosive naval mines at sea to sink enemy ships or to prevent their access to particular areas; minesweeping, the removal or detonation of naval mines; and degaussing, the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field in a ship's hull to prevent its detection by magnetic mines.
Metasyntactic variables used commonly across all programming languages include foobar, foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, and thud. [1] [3] Two of these words, plugh and xyzzy, are taken from the game Colossal Cave Adventure. [4] A fuller reference can be found in The Hacker's Dictionary from MIT Press.
Originally only known as the second batch of Type 081, it was revealed that this new minesweeper was designated as Type 081A, [2] and it is a development of earlier Type 081. Type 081A is designed by the 708th Institute. A total of five have entered service with PLAN by mid-2014. Specification: [3]
USS Exploit (MSO-440) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper.The ship was laid down on 28 December 1951 at Higgins Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana and launched on 10 April 1953. The vessel was commissioned USS Exploit (AM-440) on 31 March 1954 and redesignated as an ocean minesweeper MSO-440 on 7 February 1955.