boojum

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And, in the end, only a Boojum is found.

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Quick take

Something mysterious and dangerous.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of boojum gathered in one view.

noun

Something mysterious and dangerous.

noun

(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.

noun

(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for boojum.

noun

Something mysterious and dangerous.

noun

(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.

noun

(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.

Example sentences

And, in the end, only a Boojum is found.

[1] Would you please explain what you mean by Boojum / link to what you're referring to?

The glitch, is related to the snark — but not, you see, the boojum.

> boojum reflector That absolutely sounds like a codename from one of cstross's Laundry Files novels.

But I'm not seeing this Boojum as a concept explained in quick results, actually, one of your prior comments mentioning it is top result.

But since neither XK nor ZK is known to have been used by CIA, and XK is known to be used in the novella, and the snark/boojum contrast exists and would fit well with the story, that was what I referenced.

Quote examples

I searched for this term, "Schneier's Boojum" and the results suggest clearly this is Bruce Schneier you're referring to.

The word "boojum" originates in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark," an amusing epic poem about the importance of negative testing.

"dijkstra bicycle entonces boojum daihinmin" Instead of that, just add an extra common word: "correct horse battery staple bicycle".

"dijkstra bicycle entonces boojum daihinmin"

Proper noun examples

There are kludgy schemes to make this harder, like Schneier's Boojum, but in the end your attacker just needs enough resources and patience.

You joke, but allocating and writing random data all over the heap and hiding and constantly moving key material through it is the idea behind Schneier's Boojum.