BERZERKELEY
\bˈɜːzəkˌɛlɪ], \bˈɜːzəkˌɛlɪ], \b_ˈɜː_z_ə_k_ˌɛ_l_ɪ]\
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/b*r-zer'klee/ (From "berserk", via the name of anow-deceased record label) A humorous distortion of "Berkeley"used especially to refer to the practices or products of theBSD Unix hackers.See software bloat, Missed'em-five, Berkeley QualitySoftware.Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural andpolitical peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has beenreported from as far back as the 1960s.
By Denis Howe
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.