gas

   [as in `gas chamber']

   1.  interj. A term of disgust and hatred, implying that gas should be
   dispensed in generous quantities, thereby exterminating the source of
   irritation. "Some loser just reloaded the system for no reason! Gas!"

   2. interj. A suggestion that someone or something ought to be flushed
   out of mercy. "The system's getting {wedged} every few minutes. Gas!"

   3.  vt.  To  {flush}  (sense  1).  "You  should  gas  that old crufty
   software."

   4.  [IBM]  n.  Dead space in nonsequentially organized files that was
   occupied  by  data  that  has  since  been  deleted;  the compression
   operation  that  removes it is called degassing (by analogy, perhaps,
   with the use of the same term in vacuum technology).

   5.  [IBM]  n.  Empty  space  on  a  disk  that has been clandestinely
   allocated against future need.

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