Mini Crossword · Archive · Nov 12, 2026

Mini Crossword #316

The programming crossword from Nov 12, 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. Berkeley-born Unix family (abbr.)
  2. Standard Linux executable file format (abbr.)
  3. Block until a condition is met
  4. AI model pairing a generator with a discriminator (abbr.)
  5. Unix command that gets to the bottom of a log?
  6. Distributed server network that brings web content closer (abbr.)
  7. Classic expansion bus for sound and network cards (abbr.)

Down

  1. Java object managed by a Spring container
  2. Reliability metric tracked against a service-level objective (abbr.)
  3. Transform from discrete samples to frequency components (abbr.)
  4. Database recovery log persisted before changed data pages reach disk (abbr.)
  5. Decision-tree impurity measure that's zero for a pure node
  6. Transport protocol that delivers bytes reliably and in order (abbr.)
  7. x86 add-with-carry instruction, abbreviated