:segfault: /n.,vi./ Syn. {segment}, {segmentation fault}.
:seggie: /seg'ee/ /n./ [Unix] Shorthand for {segmentation fault} reported from Britain.
:segment: /seg'ment/ /vi./ To experience a {segmentation fault}. Confusingly, this is often pronounced more like the noun `segment' than like mainstream /v./ segment; this is because it is actually a noun shorthand that has been verbed.
:segmentation fault: /n./ [Unix] 1. An error in which a running program attempts to access memory not allocated to it and {core dump}s with a segmentation violation error. 2. To lose a train of thought or a line of reasoning. Also uttered as an exclamation at the point of befuddlement.
:segv: /seg'vee/ /n.,vi./ Yet another synonym for {segmentation fault} (actually, in this case, `segmentation violation').
:self-reference: /n./ See {self-reference}.
:selvage: /sel'v*j/ /n./ [from sewing and weaving] See {chad} (sense 1).
:semi: /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ 1. /n./ Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to {grind} are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is `;;*', not 1/4 of a star. 2. A prefix used with words such as `immediately' as a qualifier. "When is the system coming up?" "Semi-immediately." (That is, maybe not for an hour.) "We did consider that possibility semi-seriously." See also {infinite}.
:semi-infinite: /n./ See {infinite}.
:senior bit: /n./ [IBM] Syn. {meta bit}.