(This is an assembly programmer joke. Especially VAX assembly.)
AAAH Add And Automatically Halt
AAO Arbitrary Arithmetic Operation
AARTZ Add And Reset To Zero
ABC Abdicate Basic Compiler
ACM Automatically Clear Memory
ADG Add Garbage
ADN Add Naseum
AIM Add Improper
BAH Branch And Hang
BBBAB Bite Baudy Bit And Branch
BBC Branch Before Compare
BBL Branch on Burnt Out Light
BBR Burn Bridges ** FEATURE FOR BACKUP ERASURE**
BBZ Branch Before Sleep
BCEGR Branch on CE Ground
BKCRDR Backspace Card Reader
BKSPD Backspace Disk
BKTPR Break Tape Reverse
BLI Branch if Loop Infinite
BLMNF Blow Main Fuse
BLPIN Branch and Loop Indefinite
BOB Branch On Bug
BOBI Branch On Blinking Indicator
BOBOI Branch On Burned-Out Indicator
BOCBF Branch On Chip-Box Full
BOH Branch On Horoscope
BOPLT Burn Out Pilot Lights
BOPO Branch On Power Off
BOSO Branch On Sleepy Operator
BOXMS Branch On Index Missing
BPB Branch on Program Bug
BPE Bypass Program Error
BPECK Bypass Error Check
BPO Branch if Power Off
BPW Break Programmer's Will
BRPCB Burp and Clear Bytes
BSC Branch on Short Circuit
BSCH Burst Select Channel
BYCRE Bypass Core
BYTRN Byte and Run
CBFTM Clear Bit Five Throughout Memory
CBS Crash Bothersome Source-code
CCS Chinese Character Set
CDHI Crash Disk Head Immediate
CIRM Circulate Memory
CISA Change Instruction Set Architectures
CMBG Create Machine Bug
CNFM Confuse Memory
CNFOP Confuse Operator
COEOR Crash On Every Other Run
COFT Count On Fingers and Toes
COII Choke On Innocuous Instruction
CPB Create Program Bug
CRAP Crash at Presentation
CRDT Create Data
CRN Convert to Roman Numerals
CSUE Circular Shift Until Empty
CTRNS Convert To Roman Numerals
CUDA Crash Unless Debugger is Active
CUSEP Crash Unless Someone Else is Present
CVUME Cover Up Machine Errors
DABCM Digit And Branch Converter Modifier
DAC Divide And Conquer
DACR Divide and Crash
DAMIT Transfer Control to Perdition
DAO Divide And Overflow
DAR Demand A Recount
DAX Divide and Explode
DBS Disable Break and Spin
DCTCB Dump Core To Chad Box
DDDS Dig Deeply into Disk Surface
DDMWH Dump Dim Map of Western Hemisphere
DESSPK Destroy Storage Protect Key
DEVIA Develop Ineffective Address
DITCK Drop Into Check
DLTCR Delete Core
DRPBTS Drop Bits
DSTME Destroy Memory
EAIT Execute All Instructions Twice
ECL Early Card Lace
EDPMAB Electrocute DP Manager And Branch
EIPU Exponentially Increase Power Usage
EJCAB Eject Chad Box
EJD Eject Disk
EMU407 407 Emulation
EPI Execute Programmer Immediate
EPMAS Erase Protected Memory Areas
ERCDP Erase Card Punch
ERCDS Erase Cards
ERND Erase Nearby Disks
ERPTW Erase Print Wheel
ERROS Erase Read Only Storage
ESTOP Emergency STOP ** RESIST ALL EFFORTS TO RESTART **
ETCRD Eat Card
EVPDX Evaluate Paradox
EXIOC Execute Invalid Op Code
EXOP Execute Operator
FCC Frequently Clear Caches
FDCDJ Feed Card and Jam
FLA Find Loophole in Algorithm
FSKPRW Forms Skip and Run Away
GEX Generate Exception (alternately: "Generate Excitement")
GFRN Generate Frightening Noises
GLPSB Gulp and Store Bytes
GPAER Generate Parity Error
GPC Goose Program Counter
HCF Halt and Catch Fire ** PRIVILEGED OPERATION **
HCR Hash Contents of Registers
HRI Hog Resources Indefinitely
HUS Hibernate Until Spring
IAD Illogical AND
IAI Inquire And Ignore
IBS Invert Bit Sense
ICP Ignore Co-Processor
IFKTR Initiate Fake-out Routine
IGSPC Ignore Supervisor Call
IISH Ignore Interrupt And Hang
ILLAD Illogical AND
ILLOR Illogical OR
ILPS Invert Logical Power Supply
INC1401 1401 Incompatibility
INVRB Invert Record and Branch
IOCSM Input/Output Conversely Synchronized to Matrix
IOR Illogical OR
IPS Ignite Power Supply
ISP Interchange Segment Pointers
ISR Illogical Shift to the Right
ITLKC Interlock Core
JMKYP Jam Keypunches
JMPNC Punch
JTRA Jump To Restricted Address
LED Load and Erase Data
LGOWY Load and Go Away
LMBR Lose Message and Branch
LPCON Loop Continuous
LSWWB Load Status Word from Write Buffer
MDB Multiply and Drop Bits
MDRBT Move and Drop Bits
MKTIV Make Tape Invalid
MVCON Move Continuous
MVLR Move and Lose Record
MVWRC Move and Wrap Core
OBFCS Obfuscate Following Code Section
OCFO Operate Correctly For Once ** DISCONTINUED **
OOAO Overflow On Any Operation
OOOH Or Only On Half-hours
PBC Print and Break Chain
PBS Pop Before Stacking
PCHD Punch Disk
PCHOP Punch Operator
PDKBN Punch Disk Binary
PEFLP Propagate Error From Last Program
PINV Punch Invalid
PNCS Pick New Clock Speed
POF Print On Fly
PRANB Pick up Random Bits
PRSMR Print and Smear
PSI Print and Smear Ink
QPA Question Programmer's Authority ** PRIVILEGED INSTRUCTION **
RATDB Resist Attempts To Debug
RBAFG Read Binary And Forget
RBT Read and Break Tape
RCDRD Rewind Card Reader
RCDSCD Read Card and Scramble Data
RCTKG Read Count Key and Garbage
RDBGG Random Bug Generator ** SPECIAL FEATURE **
RDBR Read Bad Record
RDC Repeatedly Dump Core
RDCBX Read Chad Box
RDCHS Read Chaos
RDIOST Read-In Only Storage ** SPECIAL FEATURE **
RDIRG Read Inter Record Gap
RDNOR Read Noise Record
RDRND Read and Randomize Data
REDTH Reduce Throughput
REIMT Reinitialize Meter
REMEC Re-Enact Most Entertaining Crash
REPAB Reverse Parity And Branch
REWFR Rewind Forward
RINV Read Invalid
RIODNR Rotate Input/Output Device Numbers Randomly
RNR Rather Not Run
ROLPR Rewind On-Line Printer
RPBL Read Print and Blush
RPI Reverse Priority of Interrupts
RPLT Read from Plotter
RPM Read Programmer's Mind
RPTR Read from Printer
RRR Rotate Right Randomly
RRT Record and Rip Tape
RSD Read and Scramble Data
RVDOD Reverse Drum Or Disk
RVDRI Reverse Drum Immediate
RWBKT Rewind and Break Tape
RWCRD Rewind Card Reader
RWDSK Rewind Disk
RWTOD Rewind Tape Onto Disk
RWWRT Read and Write While Ripping Tape
SAFMC Smoke All Foreign-Made Chips
SARTZ Subtract And Reset To Zero
SCCHS Scramble Channels
SCDTA Scatter Data
SCMRY Scatter Memory
SCPR Scatter Print
SCPSW Scatter Program Status Word
SCTSC Start Countdown To System Crash
SEMP Simulate Electro-Magnetic Pulse
SFSSO Scrap File System and Start Over
SHLPN Sharpen Light Pencil
SIWGR Service Interrupt When Good and Ready
SKRSD Seek Record and Scar Disk
SLD Slip Disk
SMTACS Shift Manual To Automatic and Check Stop
SOSAJ Select Output Stacker And Jam
SPRDK Shuffle Program Deck
SPT Scramble Protected Tapes
SPWB Show Programmer Who's Boss
SRZ Subtract and Reset to Zero
SSD Seek and Scratch Disk
SSJ Select Stacker and Jam
SSMS Start Subliminal Messages
SST Stop and Stretch Tape
STAB Switch To Alternate Bedlam
STSLD Stacker Select Disk
STTPB Stretch Tape Binary
STUP Stacker Upset
SULK Sulk
SWRC Switch To Random Context
TADBT Transfer And Drop Bits
TCLSR Transfer Control and Lose Return
TCTDK Transfer Control To Disk
TCTOL Transfer Control To Overhead Lights
TCTPL Transfer Control To Pilot Lights
TCTWS Transfer Control To Wall Socket
TMTDK Transfer Monitor To Disk
TPDEC Triple Pack Decimal
TPR Tear Paper
TRAHG Transfer And Hang
TRDB Transfer And Drop Bits
TRSCH Trap Secretary and Halt
TUDF Thrash Until Disk Failure
UILSA Use Indicator Lights to Simulate Activity
UINDA Use Inverse Digital Array
ULU Undo Last Update
UNCPB Uncouple CPUs and Branch
UPERR Update and Erase Record
UPTR Update Transaction
VDS Violate Design Specifications
VPIBC Verify Programmer's Intent Before Continuing
WCTKG Write Count Key and Garbage
WCTPC Write Current Temperature to Program Counter
WED Write and Erase Data
WID Write Invalid Data
WMTAE Write Memory , Transfer, And Erase
WNOSR Write Noise Record
WUNW Write Until Next Write
WWCTM Write Whatever Comes To Mind
WWRLR Write Wrong Length Record
XCLI Translate Code to LISP and Interpret
XIO Execute invalid Opcode
XIP Execute Invalid Program
XMAS Exclusive OR Main Areas of Storage
XPE Execute Program Error
XPR Execute Programmer
ZAMM Zap All Magnetic Media
ZIPCD Address of Memory . Zip Code = 85281
ZIPEX Address by Nine-Digit Zipcode