win

[MIT; now common everywhere]

vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it is sufficiently {robust} to take exceptions in stride.
n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So it turned out I could use a {lexer} generator instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic forms: moby win, super win, hyper-win (often used interjectively as a reply). For some reason suitable win is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory solution to a problem. Oppose {lose}; see also {big win}, which isn't quite just an intensification of win.