Real Opcodes

  • AAC: Alter All Commands
  • AAD: Alter All Data
  • AAO: Add And Overflow
  • AAR: Alter At Random
  • AB: Add Backwards
  • ABC: AlphaBetize Code
  • ABR: Add Beyond Range
  • ACC: Advance CPU Clock
  • ACDC: Allow Controller to Delete Contents
  • ACDP: Allow Controller to Die Peacefully
  • ACQT: Advance Clock to Quitting Time
  • ADB: Another Dumb Bug
  • AEE: Absolve Engineering Errors
  • AFF: Add Fudge Factor
  • AFHB: Align Fullword on Halfword Boundary
  • AFP: Abnormalize Floating Point
  • AFR: Abort Funny Routine
  • AFVC: Add Finagle's Variable Constant
  • AGB: Add GarBage
  • AGWA: Add and Get Wrong Answer
  • AI: Add Improper
  • AIB: Attack Innocent Bystander
  • AIB: Attack Innocent Bystanders
  • AISG: Access and Improve Student Grade
  • AMM: Add Mayo and Mustard
  • AMM: Answer My Mail
  • AMS: Add Memory to System
  • ANC: ANnoy Consultant
  • AOI: Annoy Operator Immediate
  • AR: Advance Rudely
  • AR: Alter Reality
  • ARN: Add and Reset to Non-zero
  • ARN: Add and Reset to Nonzero
  • ARZ: Add and Reset to Zero
  • AS: Add Sideways
  • ASQGSA: ASCII Stupid Question, Get a Stupid ANSI
  • AT: Accumulate Trivia
  • AWP: Argue With Programmer
  • AWTT: Assemble With Tinker Toys
  • BA: Branch Anywhere
  • BAC: Branch to Alpha Centauri
  • BAD: Branch And Die
  • BAD: Branch to Auto Destruct
  • BAF: Blow All Fuses
  • BAH: Branch And Hang
  • BALC: Branch And Link Cheeseburger
  • BAP: Branch And Punt
  • BAW: Bells And Whistles
  • BB: Branch on Bug
  • BBBB: Byte Baudy Bit and Branch
  • BBBF: Branch on Bit Bucket Full
  • BBD: Branch on Bastille Day
  • BBI: Branch on Burned-out Indicator
  • BBIL: Branch on Burned-out Indicator Light
  • BBLB: Branch on Blinking Light Bulb
  • BBT: Branch on Binary Tree
  • BBW: Branch Both Ways
  • BCB: Burp and Clear Bytes
  • BCF: Branch on Chip box Full
  • BCIL: Branch Creating Infinite Loop
  • BCR: Backspace Card Reader
  • BCS: Branch and Crash System
  • BCU: Be Cruel and Unusual
  • BD: Backspace Disk
  • BD: Branch to Data
  • BDC: Break Down and Cry
  • BDI: Branch to Data Indirect
  • BDM: Branch and Disconnect Memory
  • BDT: Burn Data Tree
  • BDU: Branch on Dense User
  • BE: Branch Everywhere
  • BEW: Branch Either Way
  • BF: Belch Fire
  • BF: Blow Fuse
  • BF: Branch Forever
  • BFD: Branch on Full Disk
  • BFF: Branch and Form Feed
  • BFM: Be Fruitful and Multiply
  • BH: Branch and Hang
  • BIR: Branch Inside Ranch
  • BIRM: Branch on Index Register Missing
  • BLC: Branch and Loop Continuous
  • BLI: Branch and Loop Infinite
  • BLM: Branch, Like, Maybe
  • BLMWM: Branch, Like, Maybe, Wow, Man
  • BLP: Boot from Line Printer
  • BLR: Branch and Lose Return
  • BLSH: Buy Low, Sell High
  • BLT: Break Little Thing
  • BM: Branch Maybe
  • BMI: Blow up Memory Immediate
  • BMI: Branch on Missing Index
  • BMI: Branch to Muncee Immediate
  • BMP: Branch and Make Popcorn
  • BMR: Branch Multiple Registers
  • BMUS: Beam Me Up, Scotty
  • BNA: Branch to Nonexistant Address
  • BNCB: Branch and Never Come Back
  • BNL: Become a Neo-Luddite
  • BNR: Branch for No Reason
  • BOB: Branch On Bug
  • BOD: Beat On Disk
  • BOD: Branch on Operator Desperate
  • BOH: Branch On Humidity
  • BOH: Branch on Operator High
  • BOHP: Bribe Operator for Higher Priority
  • BOI: Byte Operator Immediately
  • BOP: Boot OPerator
  • BOT: Branch On Tree
  • BPB: Branch on Program Bug
  • BPDI: Be Polite, Don't Interrupt
  • BPIM: Bury Programmer In Manuals
  • BPL: Branch PLease
  • BPM: Become a Psych Major
  • BPO: Branch on Power Off
  • BPO: Branch on Power On
  • BPP: Branch and Pull the Plug
  • BR: Byte and Run
  • BRA: Branch to Random Address
  • BRB: BRanch on Beaver
  • BRH: BRanch and Hang
  • BRI: BRanch Indefinitely
  • BRL: BRanch and Leak
  • BRO: BRanch and Overheat
  • BRO: BRanch to Oblivion
  • BS: Behave Strangely
  • BSC: Branch on Second Coming
  • BSC: Burst Selector Channel
  • BSD: BackSpace Disk
  • BSI: Back up Sewer Immediate
  • BSI: Backup Sewer Immediately
  • BSM: Branch and Scramble Memory
  • BSO: Branch on Sleepy Operator
  • BSP: BackSpace Punch
  • BSR: Branch and Stomp Registers
  • BSS: Branch on SunSpot
  • BSST: BackSpace and Stretch Tape
  • BTD: Branch on Time of Day
  • BTD: Byte The Dust
  • BTI: Blow Trumpet Immediately
  • BTJ: Branch and Turn Japanese
  • BTO: Branch To Oblivion
  • BTW: Branch on Third Wednesday
  • BU: Branch Unexpectedly
  • BUTI: Blow Up Terminal Immediately
  • BVS: Branch and Veer South
  • BW: Branch on Whim
  • BWC: Branch When Convenient
  • BWF: Busy, Wait Forever
  • BWOP: BeWilder OPerator
  • BYDS: Beware Your Dark Side
  • BYTE: BYte TEst
  • CAC: Calling All Cars
  • CAC: Cash And Carry
  • CAF: Convert ASCII to Farsii
  • CAI: Corrupt Accounting Information
  • CAIL: Crash After I Leave
  • CAR: Cancel Accounts Receivable
  • CAT: Confused And Tired
  • CB: Consult Bozo
  • CBA: Compare and Branch Anyway
  • CBBR: Crash and Blow Boot Read-only memory
  • CBNC: Close, But No Cigar
  • CBS: Clobber BootStrap
  • CC: Call Calvery
  • CC: Compliment Core
  • CCB: Chocolate Chip Byte-mode
  • CCB: Consult Crystal Ball
  • CCC: Crash if Carry Clear
  • CCCP: Conditionally Corrupt Current Process
  • CCD: Choke Cough and Die
  • CCD: Clear Core and Dump
  • CCR: Change Channels at Random
  • CCS: Chinese Character Set
  • CCWR: Change Color of Write Ring
  • CD: Complement Disk
  • CDC: Clear Disk and Crash
  • CDC: Close Disk Cover
  • CDIOOAZ: Calm Down, It's Only Ones And Zeroes
  • CDS: Change Disk Speed
  • CEMU: Close Eyes and Monkey with User space
  • CEX: Call EXterminator
  • CF: Come From [replaces goto]
  • CFE: Call Field Engineer
  • CFP: Change and Forget Password
  • CFS: Corrupt File Structure
  • CG: Convert to Garbage
  • CH: Create Havoc
  • CHCJ: Compare Haig to Christine Jorgensen
  • CHPAMR: CHase Pointers Around Machine Room
  • CHSE: Compare Half-words and Swap if Equal
  • CIB: Change Important Byte
  • CIC: Cash In Chips
  • CID: Compare and Ignore Data
  • CIMM: Create Imaginary Memory Map
  • CIZ: Clear If Zero
  • CLBR: CLoBber Register
  • CLBRI: CLoBber Register Immediate
  • CM: Circulate Memory
  • CMD: CPU Melt Down
  • CMD: Compare Meaningless Data
  • CMI: Clobber Monitor Immediate
  • CML: Compute Meaning of Life
  • CMP: Create Memory Prosthesis
  • CMS: Click MicroSwitch
  • CN: Compare Nonsensically
  • CNB: Cause Nervous Breakdown
  • CNS: Call Nonexistent Subroutine
  • COCS: Copy Object Code to Source
  • COD: Crash On Demand
  • COLB: Crash for Operator's Lunch Break
  • COM: Clear Operator's Mind
  • COMF: COMe From
  • CON: Call Operator Now
  • COS: Copy Object code to Source file
  • COWYHU: Come Out With Your Hands Up
  • CP: Compliment Programmer
  • CP%FKM: CPU — FlaKeout Mode
  • CP%WM: CPU — Weird Mode
  • CPB: Create Program Bug
  • CPN: Call Programmer Names
  • CPPR: Crumple Printer Paper and Rip
  • CRASH: Continue Running After Stop or Halt
  • CRB: CRash and Burn
  • CRD: Confirm Rumor by Denial
  • CRM: CReate Memory
  • CRM: Clear Random Memory
  • CRN: Compare with Random Number
  • CRN: Convert to Roman Numerals
  • CRYPT: reCuRsive encrYPt Tape
  • CS: Crash System
  • CSL: Curse and Swear Loudly
  • CSN: Call Supervisor Names
  • CSNIO: Crash System on Next I/O
  • CSS: Crash Subsidiary Systems
  • CSU: Call Self Unconditional
  • CTDMR: Change Tape Density, Mid Record
  • CTT: Call Time and Temperature
  • CU: Convert to Unary
  • CUC: Cheat Until Caught
  • CVFL: ConVert Floating to Logical
  • CVFP: ConVert Fortran to Pascal
  • CVG: ConVert to Garbage
  • CVU: ConVert to Unary
  • CWAH: Create Woman And Hold
  • CWB: Carry With Borrow
  • CWDC: Cut Wires and Drop Core
  • CWG: Chase Wild Goose
  • CWGK: Compare Watt to Genghis Khan
  • CWIT: Compare Watt to Ivan the Terrible
  • CWM: Compare Watt to Mussolini
  • CWOM: Complement Write-Only Memory
  • CZZC: Convert Zone to Zip Code
  • DA: Develop Amnesia
  • DAB: Delete All Bugs
  • DAC: Divide And Conquer
  • DAD: Destroy A-Disk
  • DAO: Divide And Overflow
  • DAP: De-select Active Peripheral
  • DAUF: Delete All Useless Files
  • DB: Drop Bits
  • DBL: Desegregate Bus Lines
  • DBR: DeBase Register
  • DBTP: Drop Back Ten and Punt
  • DBZ: Divide By Zero
  • DC: Degauss Core
  • DC: Divide and Conquer
  • DCAD: Dump Core And Die
  • DCD: Drop Cards Double
  • DCGC: Dump Confusing Garbage to Console
  • DCI: Disk Crash Immediate
  • DCON: Disable CONsle
  • DCR: Double-precision CRash
  • DCT: Drop Cards Triple
  • DD: Destroy Disk
  • DD: Drop Disk
  • DDC: Dally During Calculations
  • DDOA: Drop Dead On Answer
  • DDS: Delaminate Disk Surface
  • DDT: Debug Program
  • DDWB: Deposit Directly in Waste Basket
  • DEB: Disk Eject Both
  • DEC: Decompile Executable Code
  • DEI: Disk Eject Immediate
  • DEM: Disk Eject Memory
  • DFA: Disable FAns
  • DGO: Decrement the Grades of Others
  • DGT: Dispense Gin and Tonic
  • DHTPL: Disk Head Three Point Landing
  • DIA: Develop Ineffective Address
  • DICE: Delete Invalid Customer Engineer
  • DIE: DIsable Everything
  • DIF: DIsable Fuses
  • DIG: DIsable Gravity
  • DIH: Disable Interrupts and Hang
  • DIRFO: Do It Right For Once
  • DISC: DISmount CPU
  • DK: Destroy Klingons
  • DKP: Disavow Knowledge of Programmer
  • DLN: Don't Look Now
  • DLP: Drain Literal Pool
  • DMAG: Do MAGic
  • DMNS: Do what i Mean, Not what i Say
  • DMP: Destroy Memory Protect key
  • DMPE: Decide to Major in Phys. Ed.
  • DMPK: Destroy Memory Protect Key
  • DMZ: Divide Memory by Zero
  • DND: Destroy Neighbor's Data
  • DNPG: Do Not Pass Go
  • DO: Divide and Overflow
  • DO: Divide and Overflow [IBM PC]
  • DOC: Drive Operator Crazy
  • DOV: Divide and OVerflow
  • DP: Destroy Peripherals
  • DPC: Decrement Program Counter
  • DPCS: Decrement Program Counter Secretly
  • DPK: Destroy storage Protect Key
  • DPMI: Declare Programmer Mentally Incompetent
  • DPN: Double Precision No-op
  • DPR: Destroy PRogram
  • DPS: Disable Power Supply
  • DR: Detach Root
  • DRAF: DRAw Flowchart
  • DRAM: Decrement RAM
  • DRBA: Deposit Round-off in my Bank Account
  • DRD: DRop Dead
  • DRI: Disable Random Interrupt
  • DROM: Destroy ROM
  • DRT: Disconnect Random Terminal
  • DS: Deadlock System
  • DSD: Dismount System Disk
  • DSI: Do Something Interesting
  • DSO: Disable System Operator
  • DSP: Degrade System Performance
  • DSR: Detonate Status Register
  • DSTD: Do Something Totally Different
  • DSUIT: Do Something Utterly, Indescribably Terrible
  • DT%FFP: DecTape — unload and Flappa FlaP
  • DT%SHO: DecTape — Spin Hubs Opposite
  • DTB: Destructively Test Bit
  • DTC: Destroy This Command
  • DTE: Decrement Telephone Extension
  • DTI: Do The Impossible
  • DTRT: Do The Right Thing
  • DTVFL: Destroy Third Variable From Left
  • DU: Dump User
  • DUD: Do Until Dead
  • DW: Destroy World
  • DWIM: Do What I Mean
  • DWIT: Do What I'm Thinking
  • DWIW: Do What I Want
  • EA: Enable Anything
  • EAC: Emulate Acoustic Coupler
  • EAL: Enable AC to Logic rack
  • EAO: Enable AC to Operator
  • EBB: Edit and Blank Buffer
  • EBB: Empty Bit Bucket
  • EBR: Erase Before Reading
  • EBRS: Emit Burnt Resistor Smell
  • EC: Eat Card
  • ECF: Explode and Catch Fire
  • ECL: Early Care Lace
  • ECO: Electrocute Computer Operator
  • ECP: Erase Card Punch
  • ED: Eject Disk
  • ED: Execute Data
  • EDD: Eat Disk and Die
  • EDIT: Erase Data and Increment Time
  • EDP: Emulate Debugged Program
  • EDR: Emit Deadly Radiation
  • EDR: Execute Destructive Read
  • EDS: Execute Data Segment
  • EEOIFNO: Execute Every Other Instruction From Now On
  • EEP: Erase Entire Program
  • EFB: Emulate Five-volt Battery
  • EFD: Eject Floppy Disk
  • EFD: Emulate Frisbee using Disk pack
  • EFE: Emulate Fatal Error
  • EHC: Emulate Headless Chicken
  • EIA: Elvis Is Alive
  • EIAO: Execute In Any Order
  • EIO: Erase I/O page
  • EIO: Execute Invalid Op-code
  • EIO: Execute Invalid Opcode
  • EIOC: Execute Invalid Op-Code
  • EJD: EJect Disk
  • EJD%V: EJect Disk — with initial velocity V
  • ELP: Enter Loop Permenantly
  • EM: EMulate 407
  • EM: Evacuate Memory
  • EMIF: Erase Most Important File
  • EMM: Emulate More Memory
  • EMPC: EMulate Pocket Calculator
  • EMSE: Edit and Mark Something Else
  • EMSL: Entire Memory Shift Left
  • EMT: Electrocute Maintenance Technician
  • EMW: Emulate Maytag Washer
  • ENA: ENable Anything
  • ENE: ENable Everything
  • END: Erase Neighbor's Data
  • ENF: Emit Noxious Fumes
  • ENG: ENable Gravity
  • ENO: Emulate No-Op
  • EO: Electrocute Operator
  • EOB: Execute Operator and Branch
  • EOI: Explode On Interrupt
  • EOS: Erase Operating System
  • EP: Execute Programmer
  • EPD: Explode Peripheral Device
  • EPI: Execute Programmer Immediate
  • EPITS: Execute Previous Instruction Then Skip
  • EPL: Emulate Phone Line
  • EPP: Eject Printer Paper
  • EPS: Electrostatic Print and Smear
  • EPS: Execute Program Sideways
  • EPSW: Execute Program Status Word
  • EPT: Erase Process Table
  • EPT: Erase Punched Tape
  • ERIC: Eject Random Integrated Circuit
  • ERM: Erase Reserved Memory
  • EROM: Erase Read-Only Memory
  • EROS: Erase Read-Only Storage
  • EROS: Erase Read-Only Storage [Everex int]
  • ERS: Erase Read-only Storage
  • ESB: Eject Selectric Ball
  • ESC: Emulate System Crash
  • ESD: Eject Spinning Dish
  • ESL: Exceed Speed of Light
  • ESP: Enable SPrinkler system
  • ETI: Execute This Instruction
  • ETM: Emulate Trinary Machine
  • ETPH: E. T. Phone Home
  • EVC: Execute Verbal Commands
  • EWD: Enter Warp Drive
  • EWM: Enter Whimsy Mode
  • EXB: EXcrement and Branch
  • EXE: EXecute Engineer
  • EXI: EXecute Invalid operation
  • EXO: EXecute Operator
  • EXOP: EXecute OPerator
  • EXP: EXecute Programmer
  • EXPP: EXecute Political Prisoner
  • FAY: Fetch Amulet of Yendor
  • FB: Find Bugs
  • FC: Fry Console
  • FCJ: Feed Card and Jam
  • FCJ: Feed Cards and Jam
  • FD: Forget Data
  • FDR: Feed Disk Randomly
  • FERA: Forms Eject and Run Away
  • FFF: Form Feed Forever
  • FLD: FLing Disk
  • FLI: Flash Lights Impressively
  • FM: Forget Memory
  • FMP: Finish My Program
  • FOPC: False Out-of-Paper Condition
  • FPC: Feed Paper Continuously
  • FPT: Fire Photon Torpedoes
  • FRG: Fill with Random Garbage
  • FRS: Fetch Ring of Sauron
  • FS: Feign Sleep
  • FSM: Fold, Spindle, and Mutilate
  • FSR: Form Skip and Runaway
  • FSRA: Forms Skip and Run Away
  • FYBR: Follow Yellow Brick Road
  • GAP: Grade All Projects
  • GBB: Go to Back of Bus
  • GCAR: Get Correct Answer Regardless
  • GCR: Generate Confusing Results
  • GDP: Grin Defiantly at Programmer
  • GDR: Grab Degree and Run
  • GENT: GENerate Thesis
  • GEW{JO}: Go to the End of the World {Jump Off}
  • GFD: Go Forth and Divide
  • GFM: Go Forth and Multiply
  • GIE: Generate Irreversible Error
  • GL: Get Lost
  • GLC: Generate Lewd Comment
  • GMC: Generate Machine Check
  • GMCC: Generate Machine Check and Cash
  • GND: Guess at Next Digit
  • GORS: GO Real Slow
  • GPCR: Generate Petty Cache Request
  • GR: Get Real
  • GREM: Generate Random Error Message
  • GREP: Global Ruin, Expiration, and Purgation
  • GRMC: Generate Rubber Machine Check
  • GS: Get Strange
  • GSB: Gulp and Store Bytes
  • GSI: Generate Spurious Interrupts
  • GSU: Geometric Shift Up
  • GTJ: Go To Jail
  • HAC: Hold All Calls
  • HACF: Halt And Catch Fire
  • HAH: Halt And Hang
  • HBW: Hang Bus and Wait
  • HCF: Halt and Catch Fire
  • HCP: Hide Central Processor
  • HCRS: Hang in CRitical Section
  • HDH: Hi Dee Ho
  • HDO: Halt and Disable Operator
  • HDRW: Halt and Display Random Word
  • HELP: Hinder Everyone with Little Productivity
  • HELP: Type 'No Help Available'
  • HEO: Halt and Execute Operator
  • HF: Hide File
  • HGD: Halt, Get Drunk
  • HHB: Halt and Hang Bus
  • HIS: Halt in Imposible State
  • HOO: Hide Operator's Output
  • HRPR: Hang up and Ruin Printer Ribbon
  • HSC: Halt on System Crash
  • HSJ: Halt, Skip and Jump
  • HTC: Halt and Toss Cookies
  • HTS: Halt and Throw Sparks
  • HUAL: Halt Until After Lunch
  • HUP: Hang Up Phone
  • HWP: Halt Without Provocation
  • IA: Illocical And
  • IAE: Ignore All Exceptions
  • IAI: Inquire And Ignore
  • IAND: Illogical AND
  • IAR: Ignore All Requests
  • IB: Insert Bug
  • IBM: Increment and Branch to Muncee
  • IBP: Insert Bug and Proceed
  • IBR: Insert Bugs at Random
  • ICB: Interrupt, Crash and Burn
  • ICM: Immerse Central Memory
  • ICMD: Initiate Core Melt Down
  • ICR: Incur Costly Repair [Sun Tempest]
  • ICSP: Invert Crt Screen Picture
  • IDC: Initiate Destruct Command
  • IDI: Invoke Divine Intervention
  • IDNOP: InDirect No-OP
  • IDPS: Ignore Disk Protect Switch
  • IEOF: Ignore End Of File
  • IF: Invoke Force
  • IGI: Increment Grade Immediate
  • IGIT: Increment Grade Immediate Twice
  • IGO: Increment Grade Overnight
  • IHC: Initiate Head Crash
  • IHTFP: Increment Hormones, Test For Puberty
  • II: Inquire and Ignore
  • IIB: Ignore Inquiry and Branch
  • IIC: Insert Invisible Characters
  • IIL: Irreversable Infinite Loop
  • IM: Imagine Memory
  • IMBP: Insert Mistake and Blame Programmer
  • IMP: Imitate Monty Python
  • IMPG: IMPress Girlfriend
  • IMV: IMpress Visitors
  • INCAM: INCrement Arbitrary Memory
  • ING: INquire and iGnore
  • INI: Ignore Next Instruction
  • INOP: Indirect No-OP
  • INR: INstigate Rumor
  • INW: INvalidate Warranty
  • IOI: Ignore Operator's Instruction
  • IOR: Illogical OR
  • IOS: Ignore Operating System
  • IP: Increment and Pray
  • IPI: Ignore Previous Instruction
  • IPM: Ignore Programmer's Mistakes
  • IPOP: Interrupt Processor, Order Pizza
  • IPS: Incinerate Power Supply
  • IPS: Increment Power Supply
  • IPT: Ignite Paper Tape
  • IRB: Invert Record and Branch
  • IRBI: Insert Random Bits Indexed
  • IRC: Insert Random Commands
  • IRE: Insert Random Errors
  • IRI: Ignore Rude Interrupts
  • IRPF: Infinite Recursive Page Fault
  • ISC: Ignore Supervisor Calls
  • ISC: Ignore System Crash
  • ISC: Insert Sarcastic Comments
  • ISI: Increment and Skip on Inifinity
  • ISP: Increment and Skip on Pi
  • ISTK: Invert STacK
  • ITML: Initiate Termites into Macro Library
  • IU: Ignore User[s]
  • IXOR: Illogical eXclusive OR
  • IZ: Ignore Zeroes
  • JAA: Jump Almost Always
  • JBS: Jump and Blow Stack
  • JCI: Jump to Current Instruction
  • JFM: Jump on Full Moon
  • JHRB: Jump to H&R Block
  • JLP: Jump and Lose Pointer
  • JLR: Jump and Lose Return
  • JMAT: JuMp on Alternate Thursdays
  • JN: Jump to Nowhere
  • JNL: Jump when programmer is Not Looking
  • JOB: Jump On Beaver
  • JOM: Jump Out of Memory
  • JOM: Jump Over Moon
  • JOP: Jump OPerator
  • JPA: Jump when Pizza Arrives
  • JRAN: Jump RANdom
  • JRCF: Jump Relative and Catch Fire
  • JRGA: Jump Relative and Get Arrested
  • JRL: Jump to Random Location
  • JRSR: Jump to Random SubRoutine
  • JSC: Jump on System Crash
  • JSOR: Jump Somewhere Over Rainbow
  • JSU: Jump Self Unconditional
  • JT: Jump if Tuesday
  • JTT: Jump and Tangle Tape
  • JTZ: Jump to Twilight Zone
  • JWN: Jump When Necessary
  • KCE: Kill Consultant on Error
  • KCE: Kill repairman [CE]
  • KDO: Knock Disk Over
  • KEPITU: Kill Every Process In The Universe
  • KOP: Kill OPerator
  • KP: Krunch Paper
  • KPR: Kill PRogrammer
  • KSR: Keyboard Shift Right
  • KUD: Kill User's Data
  • KWWE: Kill Wicked Witch of East
  • KWWW: Kill Wicked Witch of West
  • LAC: Lose All Communication
  • LAGW: Load And Go Wrong
  • LAP: Laugh At Program
  • LAP: Laugh At Programmer
  • LCC: Load and Clear Core
  • LCD: Launch Cartridge Disk
  • LCK: Lock Console Keyswitch
  • LEB: Link Edit Backwards
  • LIA: Load Ineffective Address
  • LMB: Lose Message and Branch
  • LMO: Load and Mug Operator
  • LMYB: Logical MaYBe
  • LN: Lose inode Number
  • LNP: Load N digits of Pi
  • LOSM: Log Off System Manager
  • LP%PAS: Line Printer — Print And Smear
  • LP%RDD: Line Printer — Reverse Drum Direction
  • LP%TCR: Line Printer — Tangle and Chew Ribbon
  • LPA: Lead Programmer Astray
  • LPRTC: Load Program counter from Real Time Clock
  • LR: Load Revolver
  • LRA: Load RetroActively
  • LRB: Lose Record and Branch
  • LRD: Load Random Data
  • LSPSW: Load and Scramble PSW
  • LTS: Link To Sputnik
  • LTS: Loop Till Smokes
  • LUM: LUbricate Memory
  • LWE: Load WhatEver
  • LWM: Load Write-only Memory
  • MAB: Melt Address Bus
  • MAN: Make Animal Noises
  • MAZ: Multiply Answer by Zero
  • MBC: Make Batch Confetti
  • MBF: Multiply and Be Fruitful
  • MBH: Memory Bank Hold-up
  • MBTD: Mount Beatles on Tape Drive
  • MBTOL: Move Bug To Operator's Lunch
  • MC: Move Continuous
  • MD: Move Devious
  • MDB: Move and Drop Bits
  • MDC: Make Disk Crash
  • MDDHAF: Make Disk Drive Hop Across Floor
  • MFO: Mount Female Operator
  • MILI: Move It or Lose It
  • MLB: Memory Left shift and Branch
  • MLP: Make Lousy Program
  • MLP: Multiply and Lose Precision
  • MLR: Move and Lose Record
  • MMF: Melt Main Frame
  • MMLG: Make Me Look Good
  • MNI: Misread Next Instruction
  • MOG: Make Operator Growl
  • MOP: Modify Operator's Personality
  • MPLP: Make Pretty Light Pattern
  • MRZ: Make Random Zap
  • MSGD: Make Screen Go Dim
  • MSP: Mistake Sign for Parity
  • MSPI: Make Sure Plugged In
  • MSR: Melt Special Register
  • MST: Mount Scotch Tape
  • MTE: Mangle Tape on Exit
  • MTI: Make Tape Invalid
  • MUG: Make Ugly Graphics
  • MUM: Multi-Use Mnemonics
  • MW: Malfunction Whenever
  • MW: Multiply Work
  • MWC: Move and Wrap Core
  • MWT: Malfunction Without Telling
  • NBC: Negate By Clearing
  • NCW: Notch Carriage and Way
  • NMI: Negate Most Integers
  • NOP: Needlessly Omit Pointer
  • NPC: Normalize Program Counter
  • NPN: No Program Necessary [VAX]
  • NTGH: Not Tonight, i've Got a Headache
  • OBB: Overflow Bit Bucket
  • OCF: Open Circular File
  • OMC: Obscene Message to Console
  • OMC: Overheat Memory Chip
  • OML: Obey Murphy's Laws
  • OPI: Order Pizza Immediately
  • OPP: Order Pizza for Programmer
  • OSI: Overflow Stack Immediate
  • OSI: Overflow Stack Indefinite
  • OSP: Open Six-Pack
  • OTL: Out To Lunch
  • OU: Offend User
  • P$*!: Punch Obscenity
  • PA: Punch in ASCII
  • PAL: Pack And Leave
  • PAS: Print And Smear
  • PAUD: PAUse Dramatically
  • PAZ: Pack Alpha Zone
  • PAZ: Pack Alpha and drop Zones
  • PBC: Print and Break Chain
  • PBD: Print and Break Drum
  • PBL: Pack Bags and Leave
  • PBM: Pop Bubble Memory
  • PBPBPBP: Place Backup in Plain Brown Paper Bag Please
  • PBST: Play Batch mode Star Trek
  • PCB: Pause for Coffee Break
  • PCD: PunCh Disk
  • PCI: Pleat Cards Immediate
  • PCR: Print and Cut Ribbon
  • PCS: Push to Centre of Stack
  • PD: Play Dead
  • PD: Punch Disk
  • PDLD: Power Down and Lock Door [to computer room]
  • PDSK: Punch DiSK
  • PEHC: Punch Extra Holes in Cards
  • PEP: Print on Edge of Paper
  • PFD: Punt on Fourth Down
  • PFE: Print Floating Eye
  • PFML: Print Four Million Lines
  • PG: Print Garbage
  • PHO: Pull Hair Out
  • PI: Punch Invalid
  • PIBM: Pretend to be an IBM
  • PIC: Print Illegible Characters
  • PIC: Print Invalid Character
  • PIC: Punch Invalid Character
  • PLSC: Perform Light Show on Console
  • PNIH: Place Needle In Haystack
  • PNRP: Print Nasty Replies to Programmer
  • PO: Punch Operator
  • POCL: Punch Out Console Lights
  • POG: Print Only Greek
  • POP: Pop Or Push
  • POPI: Punch OPerator Immediate
  • POPN: Punch OPerator's Nose
  • PPA: Print Paper Airplanes
  • PPC: Purge Pascal Compiler [HP 3000]
  • PPL: Perform Perpetual Loop
  • PPP: Print Programmer's Picture
  • PPR: Play Punk Rock
  • PPSW: Pack Program Status Word
  • PPSW: Pack Progran Status Word
  • PRS: PRint and Smear
  • PSP: Print and Shred Paper
  • PSR: Print and Shred Ribbon
  • PTP: Produce Toilet Paper
  • PUO: Perform Unknown Operation
  • PVLC: Punch Variable Length Card
  • PWP: Print Without Paper
  • PWS: create PoWer Surge
  • PYS: Program YourSelf
  • QBDH: Quit and Become a DeadHead
  • QWYA: Quit While Your Ahead
  • RA: Randomize Answer
  • RAM: Randomly Access Memory
  • RAM: Read Ambiguous Memory
  • RAN: RANdom opcode [similar to 16-bit what gate]
  • RASC: Read And Shred Card
  • RAST: Read And Shred Tape
  • RAU: Ridicule All Users
  • RBAO: Ring Bell and Annoy Operator
  • RBLY: Restore Back-up from Last Year
  • RBT: Read Blank Tape
  • RBT: Rewind and Break Tape
  • RC: Rewind Core
  • RCAJ: Read Card And Jam
  • RCB: Read Command Backwards
  • RCB: Run Clock Backwards
  • RCC: Read Card and Chew
  • RCCP: Randomly Corrupt Current Process
  • RCF: Rewind Cabinet Fans
  • RCKG: Read Count Key and Garbage
  • RCL: Rotate Carry Left
  • RCP: Reschedule Car Payments
  • RCR: Rewind Card Reader
  • RCRV: Randomly Convert to Reverse Video
  • RCS: Read Card and Scramble data
  • RCSD: Read Card and Scramble Data
  • RD: Randomize Data
  • RD: Reverse Directions
  • RDA: Refuse to Disclose Answer
  • RDB: Replace Database with Blanks
  • RDB: Run Disk Backwards
  • RDD: Reverse Disk Drive
  • RDDBF: Rock Disk Drive Back and Forth
  • RDEB: Read and Drop Even number of Bits
  • RDF: Randomize Directory Filenames
  • RDI: Reverse Drum Immediate
  • RDI: Reverse Drun Immediate
  • RDI: Rewind Disk Immediate
  • RDR: Reverse Disk Rotation
  • RDS: ReaD Sideways
  • RENVR: REName Variables Randomly
  • RET: Read and Erase Tape
  • RF: Read Fingerprints
  • RG: Record Garbage
  • RHNEZ: Randomize and Halt if Not Equal to Zero
  • RHO: Randomize and Hold all Output
  • RIC: Rotate Illogical thru Carry
  • RID: Read Invalid Data
  • RIG: Read Inter-record Gap
  • RIOP: Rotate I/O Ports
  • RIR: Read Invalid Record
  • RIRG: Read Inter-Record Gap
  • RJE: Return Jump and Explode
  • RLC: Relocate and Lose Core
  • RLC: Reread Last Card
  • RLC: Rotate Left with Carolyn
  • RLI: Rotate Left Indefinitely
  • RLP: Refill Light Pen
  • RLP: Rewind Line Printer
  • RM: Ruin My files
  • RMI: Randomize Memory Immediate
  • RMM: Read Manager's Mind
  • RMT: ReMove Trap
  • RMV: Remove Memory Virtues
  • RN: Read Noise
  • RNBS: Reflect Next Bus Signal
  • RNR: Read Noise Record
  • ROC: Randomize Op Codes
  • ROC: Rotate Outward from Center
  • ROD: ROtate Diagonally
  • ROM: Read Operator's Mind
  • ROO: Rub Out Operator
  • ROOP: Run Out Of Paper
  • ROPF: Read Other People's Files
  • ROS: Reject Operating System
  • ROS: Return On Shield
  • RP: Read Printer
  • RPB: Raise Parity Bits
  • RPB: Read Print and Blush
  • RPB: Reverse Parity and Branch
  • RPBR: Reverse Parity and BRanch
  • RPC: Rotate Program Counter
  • RPM: Read Programmer's Mind
  • RPU: Read character and Print Upsidedown
  • RRC: Rotate Random thru Carry
  • RRR: Randomly Rotate Register
  • RRR: Read Record and Run away
  • RRR: Read Record and Run-away
  • RRRL: Random Rotate Register Left
  • RRRR: Random Rotate Register Right
  • RRSTC: Return on Ruby Slippers Triple-Click
  • RRT: Record and Rip Tape
  • RS: Random Slew
  • RSD: on Read error Self-Destruct
  • RST: Rewind and Stretch Tape
  • RSTOM: Read from STore-Only Memory
  • RT: Reduce Throughput
  • RTP: Reduce ThroughPut
  • RTS: Return To Sender
  • RVAC: Return from VACation
  • RWC: ReWind and Crash heads
  • RWCR: ReWind Card Reader
  • RWD: ReWind Disk
  • RWE: Run Without Error
  • RWF: Read Wrong File
  • RWT: Read/Write while stretching Tape
  • SA: Store Anywhere
  • SAD: Search And Destroy
  • SAI: Skip All Instructions
  • SAK: Snooze At Keyboard
  • SAS: Show Appendix Scar
  • SAS: Sit And Spin
  • SBE: Swap Bits Erratically
  • SBF: Skip on Bitbucket Full
  • SC: Scramble Channels
  • SC: Shred Cards
  • SCB: Spindle Card and Belch
  • SCCA: Short Circuit on Correct Answer
  • SCD: Shuffle and Cut Dec
  • SCH: Slit Cards Horizontal
  • SCI: Shred Cards Immediate
  • SCM: Set for Crash Mode
  • SCOM: Set Cobol-Only Mode
  • SCP: SCatter Printer
  • SCRRC: SCRamble Register Contents
  • SCST: Switch Channel to Star Trek
  • SCTR: Stick Card To Reader
  • SD: Scramble Directory
  • SD: Slip Disk
  • SDC: Spool Disk to Console
  • SDD: Seek and Destroy Data
  • SDD: Spin Disk Dry
  • SDDB: Snap Disk Drive Belt
  • SDE: Solve Differential Equations
  • SDI: Self Destruct Immediate
  • SDM: Search and Destroy Memory
  • SDR: Slam Down Rondo [worst soda ever made]
  • SEB: Stop Eating and Burp
  • SEOB: Set Every Other Bit
  • SESUR: Sing Elvis Songs Until he Returns
  • SEX: Set EXecution register
  • SEX: Sign EXtend
  • SFH: Set Flags to Half-mast
  • SFP: Send For Pizza
  • SFR: Send For Reinforcements
  • SFT: Stall For Time
  • SFTT: Strip Form Tractor Teeth
  • SHAB: SHift A Bit
  • SHABM: SHift A Bit More
  • SHB: Stop and Hang Bus
  • SHCD: SHuffle Card Deck
  • SHON: Simulate HONeywell CPU [permanent no-op]
  • SHR: SHift Random
  • SHRC: SHRed Card
  • SHRT: SHRed Tape
  • SID: Switch to Infinite Density
  • SIP: Store Indefinite Precision
  • SJV: Scramble Jump Vectors
  • SLP: Sharpen Light Pen
  • SMC: Scramble Memory Contents
  • SMD: Spontaneous Memory Dump
  • SMR: Skip on Meaningless Result
  • SMS: Shred Mylar Surface
  • SNARF: System Normalize And Reset Flags
  • SNM: Show No Mercy
  • SNO: Send Nukes on Overflow
  • SOAWP: SOlve All the World'd Problems
  • SOB: Stew On Brew
  • SOD: Surrender Or Die
  • SOL: Shift On Low
  • SOP: Stop and Order Pizza
  • SOS: Sign Off, Stupid
  • SOT: Sit On a Tack
  • SP: Scatter Print
  • SPA: Sliding Point Arithmetic
  • SPB: Simulate Peanut Butter
  • SPD: SPin Disk
  • SPS: Set Panel Switches
  • SPSW: Scramble Program Status Word
  • SQPWYC: Sit Quietly and Play With Your Crayons
  • SRBO: Set Random Bits to Ones
  • SRBZ: Set Random Bits to Zeroes
  • SRC: Select Random Channel
  • SRC: Select Reader and Chew cards
  • SRCC: Select Reader and Chew Cards
  • SRD: Switch to Random Density
  • SRDR: Shift Right Double Ridiculous
  • SRO: Sort with Random Ordering
  • SROS: Store in Read-Only Storage
  • SRR: Shift Registers Random
  • SRSD: Seek Record and Scar Disk
  • SRSD: Seek Record and Scratch Disk
  • SRTC: Stop Real-Time Clock
  • SRU: Signoff Random User
  • SRZ: Subtract and Reset to Zero
  • SSB: Scramble Status Byte
  • SSD: Scratch System Disk
  • SSD: Stacker Select Disk
  • SSD: Stop and Scratch Disk [3815]
  • SSJ: Select Stacker and Jam
  • SSJP: Select Stacker and JumP
  • SSM: Solve by Supernatural Means
  • SSM: Stacker Select Memory
  • SSP: Seek SPindle
  • SSP: Smoke and SPark
  • SST: Seek and Stretch Tape
  • SSW: Scramble Status Word
  • ST: Set and Test
  • STA: STore Anywhere
  • STC: Slow To a Crawl
  • STD: Stop, Take Drugs
  • STM: STretch Magtape
  • STM: Skip on Third Monday
  • STO: Strangle Tape Operator
  • STPR: SToP Rain
  • STRIKE: STRIKE for more pay, better hours, etc.
  • STROM: STore in Read-Only Memory
  • STTHB: Set Terminal to Three Hundred Baud
  • SUIQ: Subtract User's IQ
  • SUME: SUprise ME
  • SUP: Shred User Printout
  • SUP: Solve Unsolvable Problem
  • SUS: Stop Until Spring
  • SUS: Subtract Until Senseless
  • SWAT: SWAp Terminals
  • SWN: SWap Nibbles
  • SWOS: Store in Write-Only Storage
  • SWS: Sort to Wrong Slots
  • SWT: Select Wrong Terminal
  • SWU: Select Wrong Unit
  • SWZN: Skip Whether Zero or Not
  • SZD: Switch to Zero Density
  • TAH: Take A Hike
  • TAI: Trap Absurd Inputs
  • TARC: Take Arithmetic Review Course
  • TBFTG: Two Burgers and Fries To Go
  • TC: Transmit Colors
  • TDB: Transfer and Drop Bits
  • TDRB: Test and Destroy Random Bits
  • TDS: Trash Data Segment
  • TET: Triple Execution Time [SUN]
  • TLNF: Teach me a Lesson i'll Never Forget
  • TLO: Turn indicator Lights Off
  • TLW: Transfer and Lose Way
  • TN: Take a Nap
  • TOAC: Turn Off Air Conditioner
  • TOG: Take Out Garbage
  • TOG: Time Out, Graduate
  • TOH: Take Operator Hostage
  • TOO: Turn On/off Operator
  • TOP: Trap OPerator
  • TOS: Trash Operating System
  • TOW: Take Over World
  • TPD: Terminal Printer Destruct
  • TPD: Total Program Diagnostic
  • TPD: Triple Pack Decimal
  • TPDH: Tell Programmer to Do it Himself
  • TPF: Turn Power oFf
  • TPN: Turn Power oN
  • TPO: Turn Power Off
  • TPR: Tear PapeR
  • TR: Turn into Rubbish
  • TRA: Te Rdls Arvs [type ridiculous abbreviations]
  • TRD: TRansfer and Drop bit
  • TSH: Trap Secretary and Halt
  • TSM: Trap Secretary and Mount
  • TST: Trash System Tracks
  • TT%CN: TeleType — Clunk Noise
  • TT%EKB: TeleType — Electrify KeyBoard
  • TTA: Try, Try Again
  • TTIHLIC: Try To Imagine How Little I Care
  • TTITT: Turn 2400 foot Tape Into Two 1200 foot Tapes
  • TTL: Tap Trunk Line
  • TTL: Time To Logoff
  • TYF: Trust Your Feelings
  • UA: Unload Accumulator
  • UAI: Use Alternate Instruction set
  • UAPA(AM): Use All Power Available (And More)
  • UCB: Uncouple CPU and Branch
  • UCIP: Update Card In Place
  • UCK: Unlock Console Keyswitch
  • UCLB: Uncouple Comm Lines and Branch
  • UCM: Uncouple CoMm lines and branch
  • UCPUB: Uncouple CPUs and Branch
  • UDR: Update and Delete Record
  • UER: Update and Erase Record
  • UFO: Unidentified Flag Operation
  • ULDA: UnLoaD Accumulator
  • UMR: Unlock Machine Room
  • UNPD: UNPlug and Dump
  • UOP: Useless OPeration
  • UP: Understand Program[mer]
  • UPA: Use all Power Available
  • UPC: Understand Program[mer]'s Comments
  • UPI: Undo Previous Instruction
  • URB: Update, Resume and Branch
  • UTF: Unwind Tape onto Floor
  • UTF: Use The Force
  • UUBR: Use Undefined Base Register
  • VAX: Violate All eXecutions
  • VFE: Violate Field Engineer
  • VFO: Violate Female Operator
  • VMA: Violate Maintenance Agreement
  • VNO: Violate Noise Ordinance
  • VPA: Vanishing Point Arithmetic
  • VVM: Vaporize Virtual Memory
  • WAD: Walk Away in Disgust
  • WAT: WAste Time
  • WBB: Write to the Bit Bucket
  • WBT: Water Binary Tree
  • WC: Waste Core
  • WCR: Write to Card Reader
  • WDR: Warp disk DRive
  • WED: Write and Erase Data
  • WEMG: Write Eighteen Minute Gap
  • WF: Wait Forever
  • WGPB: Write Garbage in Process-control Block
  • WHFO: Wait until Hell Freezes Over
  • WHP: Wave Hands over Program
  • WI: Why Immediate
  • WI: Write Illegibly
  • WID: Write Invalid Data
  • WMC: Write Millions of Comments
  • WNAM: We Need A Miracle
  • WNHR: Write New Hit Record
  • WNR: Write Noise Record
  • WP: Write Poop
  • WPET: Write Past End of Tape
  • WPM: Write Programmer's Mind
  • WSE: Write Stack Everywhere
  • WSWW: Work in Strange and Wondrous Ways
  • WUPO: Wad Up Printer Output
  • WWLR: Write Wrong Length Record
  • WWR: Write Wrong Record
  • XXIO: eXecute Invalid Opcode
  • XXKF: eXecute Kermit the Frog
  • XXM: eXclusive Maybe
  • XXMB: eXclusive MayBe
  • XXOH: eXecute no-Op and Hang
  • XXOR: eXecute OpeRator
  • XXOS: eXchange Operator's Sex
  • XXPR: eXecute PRogrammer
  • XXPSW: eXecute Program Status Word
  • XXSP: eXecute Systems Programmer
  • XXVF: eXchange Virtue for Fun
  • YAB: Yet Another Bug
  • YASE: Yet Another Stupid Error
  • ZAP: Zero and Add Packed
  • ZAR: Zero Any Register
  • ZD: Zap Directory
  • ZEOW: Zero Every Other Word
  • ZPI: ZaP Immediate
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