what's a spline?

2 definitions found

what's a spline? - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  What's a spline?
  
     [XEROX PARC] This phrase expands to: "You have just used a
     term that I've heard for a year and a half, and I feel I
     should know, but don't.  My curiosity has finally overcome my
     guilt."  The PARC lexicon adds "Moral: don't hesitate to ask
     questions, even if they seem obvious."
  
     [Jargon File]
  

what's a spline? - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  What's a spline?
  
  
     [XEROX PARC] This phrase expands to: "You have just used a term that
     I've heard for a year and a half, and I feel I should know, but
  don't.
     My curiosity has finally overcome my guilt." The PARC lexicon adds
     "Moral: don't hesitate to ask questions, even if they seem obvious."