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Adj. | 1. | magic - possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" |
1. | MAGIC - An early system on the Midac computer. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. | ||
2. | magic - As yet unexplained, or too complicated to explain; compare
automagically and (Arthur C.) Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. "TTY echoing is controlled by a large number of magic bits." "This routine magically computes the parity of an 8-bit byte in three instructions." | ||
3. | magic - Characteristic of something that works although no one really understands why (this is especially called black magic). | ||
4. | magic - (Stanford) A feature not generally publicised that allows
something otherwise impossible or a feature formerly in that
category but now unveiled. Compare wizardly, deep magic, heavy wizardry. For more about hackish "magic" see Magic Switch Story. | ||
5. | magic - magic number. |