Mini Crossword · Archive · Nov 10, 2026

Mini Crossword #314

The programming crossword from Nov 10, 2026. A 7×7 grid with 14 technical clues. Play it, and every other past puzzle, with BetterSWE Pro.

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Across

  1. Object identifier in a database, briefly
  2. Dimension-reducing method that keeps the most variance (abbr.)
  3. Protocol for sending email (abbr.)
  4. Filesystem routes such as /usr/bin and /tmp
  5. Retrieve data from storage
  6. Ryzen chipmaker, for short
  7. Windows shared-library file extension (abbr.)

Down

  1. IT's keep-it-running crew, for short
  2. Protocol carrying ping's echo requests (abbr.)
  3. Information a computer processes
  4. Reverse-DNS record mapping an IP address to a name (abbr.)
  5. Unix command that takes it from the top?
  6. XML-based standard for exchanging login assertions (abbr.)
  7. SQL's schema-defining sublanguage, including CREATE TABLE (abbr.)