ad-lib

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(lede) by everyone (1.2 mon) (print) ? I like it! Sat Feb 12 2000 at 20:39:21

To speak or to play a piece of music without preparation;
improvise;
as, Most of his speech was ad-libbed.
Latin ad libitum (at one's pleasure).

(idea) by The Cow (4 y) (print) ? I like it! Wed Nov 22 2000 at 14:02:38

Also, when capitalised (Ad-Lib) the name of an ancient standard in computer music, which is pre-Sound Blaster. This died a death when Windoze came along, with it's Windows Sound System which is probably the only Good Thing that Microsoft ever came up with.

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D	Windoze	Lost in translation	Mad Libs
The Beatles	Bravado	12 Monkeys	Macintosh File System
Updating my 1993 Subaru Impreza's sound system	Statik Sound System	Windows 95 Operating System Components	street vendor

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