black magic

4 definitions found

black magic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  black magic
      n 1: the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or
           evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
           [syn: sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy]

black magic - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  black magic
  
     <jargon> (Or "FM") A technique that works, though nobody
     really understands why.  More obscure than voodoo programming
     , which may be done by cookbook.
  
     Compare black art, deep magic, and magic number.
  
     (2001-04-30)
  

black magic - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  black magic
   n.
  
     [common] A technique that works, though nobody really understands
  why.
     More obscure than voodoo programming, which may be done by
  cookbook.
     Compare also black art, deep magic, and magic number (sense 2).
  

black magic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "black magic":
     Black Mass, Satanism, chthonian worship, demonism, demonography,
     demonolatry, demonology, demonomancy, demonomy, demonry,
     devil lore, devil worship, devilry, diablerie, diabolism,
     diabology, diabolology, sorcery, the black art