Runes
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read.
Not quite as bad as line noise, but close.
Compare casting the runes, Great Runes.
2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
[Jargon File]
| < Previous Terms | Terms Containing runes | Next Terms > |
| Ruby rude RUFL run RUNCIBLE | casting the runes chase pointers dump examining the entrails Great Runes | runic run-length encoding Run Length Limited run time run-time environment |
