runes

2 definitions found

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

  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]
  

runes - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  runes
   pl.n.
  
     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).
  
     3. [borderline techspeak] 16-bit characters from the Unicode
     multilingual character set.