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To: Thomas M. who wrote (5158)	3/27/2000 8:02:00 PM
From: lorrie coey	Respond to of 17683

tool 1. <tool> A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyse other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or cross-referencing program. 2. A {Unix} {application program} with a simple, "transparent" (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see {filter}, {plumbing}). 3. <jargon> MIT: general to students there// To work; to study. The {TMRC} Dictionary defined this as "to set one's brain to the grindstone". See {hack}. 4. <jargon, person> ({MIT}) A student who studies too much and hacks too little. MIT's student humor magazine rejoices in the name "Tool and Die".