win
win [MIT] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no
unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently
{robust} to take exceptions in stride. 2. n. Success, or a
specific instance thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So it turned out
I could use a {lexer} generator instead of hand-coding my own
pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic forms: `moby win',
`super win', `hyper-win' (often used interjectively as a
reply). For some reason `suitable win' is also common at MIT,
usually in reference to a satisfactory solution to a problem.
Oppose {lose}; see also {big win}, which isn't quite just an
intensification of `win'.
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