A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Reticulating splines
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Nonsense technobabble used in a production context.
[Reticulating splines] started off as an in-joke at Maxis and grew to fame with the widespread popularity of The Sims. While it does have a real meaning, this definition isnt actually correct in the context of its use. Its really a programming joke.
Reticulating splines is essentially filler. Dont want to describe whats holding up the program? Its [reticulating splines]. Why isnt the Internet working? The [splines] arent [reticulated]. Heck, dont want to explain your calculus assignment? Were reticulating splines this week.
See also processor gremlins for the computer hardware equivalent.
Reticulating splines meaning & definition 1 of Reticulating splines.
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A necessary computation performed by numerous [Maxis] Sim games. Content simply cannot be generated without [meticulous] reticulation.
See: reticulatingsplines on [ytmnd] for further information.Reticulating splines meaning & definition 2 of Reticulating splines.
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The process of combining many short lines and [curves] into longer, interpolated ones called [splines].
Also, the process of combining many imprecise and [abstract] ideas into one larger, complex one.Reticulating splines meaning & definition 3 of Reticulating splines.
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[Constructing] network based functions that are defined by [divisible] intervals while approximating said network and composing it of pieces of simple functions defined on subintervals and joined at their endpoints with a suitable degree of [smoothness].
Reticulating splines meaning & definition 4 of Reticulating splines.