<s>
Dissociated	B-Operating_System
press	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
parody	B-General_Concept
generator	I-General_Concept
(	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
generates	O
nonsensical	O
text	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
"	O
Associated	O
Press	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
psychological	O
term	O
dissociation	O
(	O
although	O
word	O
salad	O
is	O
more	O
typical	O
of	O
conditions	O
like	O
aphasia	O
and	O
schizophrenia	B-Application
–	O
which	O
is	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
frequently	O
confused	O
with	O
dissociative	O
identity	O
disorder	O
by	O
laypeople	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
algorithm	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
implementation	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
Perl	B-Language
module	O
in	O
CPAN	B-Language
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
is	O
a	O
short	O
example	O
of	O
word-based	O
Dissociated	B-Operating_System
Press	I-Operating_System
applied	O
to	O
the	O
Jargon	O
File	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
is	O
a	O
short	O
example	O
of	O
letter-based	O
Dissociated	B-Operating_System
Press	I-Operating_System
applied	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
source	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dissociated	B-Operating_System
press	I-Operating_System
algorithm	O
is	O
described	O
in	O
HAKMEM	O
(	O
1972	O
)	O
Item	O
#176	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
dissociated	B-Operating_System
press	I-Operating_System
"	O
is	O
first	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
Emacs	B-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hugh	O
Kenner	O
and	O
Joseph	O
O'Rourke	O
of	O
Johns	O
Hopkins	O
University	O
discussed	O
their	O
frequency	O
table-based	O
Travesty	B-General_Concept
generator	I-General_Concept
for	O
microcomputers	O
in	O
BYTE	B-Application
in	O
November	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
included	O
the	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
source	O
for	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
generator	O
,	O
one	O
using	O
Hayes	O
 '	O
algorithm	O
and	O
another	O
using	O
Claude	O
Shannon	O
's	O
Hellbat	O
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murray	O
Lesser	O
offered	O
a	O
compiled	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
version	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
in	O
July	O
1985	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
1985	O
Peter	O
Wayner	O
offered	O
a	O
version	O
that	O
used	O
tree	B-Application
data	I-Application
structures	I-Application
instead	O
of	O
frequency	O
tables	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
1985	O
Neil	O
J	O
.	O
Rubenking	O
offered	O
a	O
version	O
written	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
that	O
stored	O
frequency	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
B-tree	B-Architecture
.	O
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