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  • trigraph

    A trigraph is a three-character replacement for a special or nonstandard character in a text file.  Definition

  • bypass

    Bypass, in general, means either to go around something by an external route rather than going through it, or the means of accomplishing that feat.  Definition

  • sandbox

    In general, a sandbox is an isolated computing environment used by software developers to test new programming code.  Definition

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