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Lamer (269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dictionary, March 2014. The Jargon File Definition of lame - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition of Lamer - Jargon File - Origination of term lamer
Quantum bogodynamics (363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(or sinks) (taxpayers and computers), Bogosity potential fields. The Jargon File Glossary describes the theory as follows: Here is a representative QBD
Feature creep (1,478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
creaturism". The Jargon File. Ver. 4.4.7. Retrieved June 20, 2017. Raymond, Eric S.; et al. (December 29, 2003). "feeping creature". The Jargon File. Ver. 4.4
Heisenbug (1,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
executions likely to expose Heisenbugs Memory debugger "The Jargon File: heisenbug". "The Jargon File: Mandelbug". Catb.org. Retrieved 2013-09-05. Raymond,
Slashdot effect (1,188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Raymond. "slashdot effect". The Jargon File, version 4.4.8. Retrieved 21 May 2012. Eric S. Raymond. "flash crowd". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Retrieved
Cruft (641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of URI change? / URIs don't change: people change them. "crufty". The Jargon File, version 4.4.7. Look up cruft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
RTFM (585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 2 December 2013. "RTFS". The Jargon File – version 4.4.7. Retrieved 8 March 2017. "RTFB". The Jargon File – version 4.4.7. Retrieved 8 March 2017
Foobar (891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dictionary. Google developer documentation style guide word list The Jargon File entry on "foobar", catb.org RFC 1639 – FTP Operation Over Big Address
WYSIWYG (2,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
MIT Press. p. 497. ISBN 0-262-68092-0. Eric S. Raymond (ed.). "The Jargon File 4.4.7: YAFIYGI". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved
Pink contract (93 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that the contract enables spamming. "Pink Contract Definition". The Jargon File, version 4.4.7. "Pink Contract". SpamCop. Archived from the original
List of humorous units of measurement (4,744 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the 7th decimal place was a typo by the MAD typesetters. "sagan". Jargon File. P.M. Gresshoff (2004). "Book Reviews: Plant Signal Transduction". Annals
Command key (1,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Command keys. Jargon File entry on feature key Jargon File entry on pretzel key Andy Hertzfeld's story at Folklore
Jamie Zawinski (1,672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of UNIX Programming, p.313 Raymond, Eric S. (2003-12-29). "The Jargon File". Jargon File Text Archive. Retrieved 2023-05-01. Zawinski, Jamie [@jwz] (November
Second-system effect (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Workplace OS, Copland, Rhapsody Raymond, Eric. "Second-system effect". The Jargon File. Retrieved June 24, 2013. Brooks Jr., Frederick P. (1975). "The Second-System
Magic cookie (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
authentication method used by the X Window System. Raymond, Eric. "Cookie". The Jargon File. Retrieved 2022-01-04. A handle, transaction ID, or other token of agreement
Security through obscurity (1,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Houston Law Review. 42. SSRN 842228. "security through obscurity". The Jargon File. "Despite Election Security Fears, Iowa Caucuses Will Use New Smartphone
Eternal September (787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Tragedy of the commons Eric Raymond. "September that never ended". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Grossman
Appeal to fear (516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ISBN 9783110871104, retrieved 2022-02-22 Raymond, Eric S. "FUD". The Jargon File. Martijn Boermans. "ISSUU - Fear Appeals and Persuasion by Martijn Boermans"
File comparison (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distance – Computer science metric of string similarity "diff", The Jargon File Heckel, Paul (1978), "A Technique for Isolating Differences Between Files"
Backslash (2,111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(  ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ). Macquarie Dictionary (3rd edition) Raymond, Eric S. "ASCII". The Jargon File. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2007-07-28. Bulletin
Bit bucket (696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27. Look up bit bucket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bit Bucket entry from The Jargon File (version 4.4.7)
Wirth's law (672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2005-04-19. Retrieved 2017-08-17. Gates' law, from the Jargon Lexicon, in the Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Orion, Egan (March 21, 2003). "WinTel trips on Linux
News.admin.net-abuse.email (1,593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
maint: postscript (link) Andrew Nellis (1998-09-14). "The Net Abuse Jargon File". Archived from the original on 2006-08-06. Brian S. McWilliams (2004)
Chad (paper) (730 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
related to Chads. Snopes – Origin of 'Chad' Word Detective on chad BBC News on chad Macmillan English Dictionary on chad Jargon file entry Papercutting Art
Null device (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Structure and Files". The Open Group. Retrieved 2012-11-29. "bit bucket". Jargon File. Retrieved 2013-12-27. "null(4)". The NetBSD Project. "sh(1) manual from
Time sink (487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
MMODesigner.com, 31 May 2010. Slashdot: "EverQuest: What You Really Get From an Online Game", 27 December 2002. The Jargon File - time sink Wiki: "Timesink"
Localhost (1,368 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Obsolete. Obsoletes RFC 2373. Obsoleted by RFC 4291. Raymond, Eric S. "The Jargon File". "MySQL :: MySQL 5.5 Reference Manual :: 4.1 Overview of MySQL Programs"
Thundering herd problem (334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
global synchronization Cache stampede "Thundering Herd Problem". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Retrieved 9 July 2019. "Does the Thundering Herd Problem
Bucky bit (284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly. pp. 408–409. ISBN 1-56592-152-6. The Jargon File. Xinware Corporation. 2007. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-897454-66-4. "Space Cadet
Gzip (1,255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010. "tarball, The Jargon File, version 4.4.7". Catb.org. Retrieved 27 January 2010. "OpenBSD gzip(1)
Backdoor (computing) (4,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
trap doors: 52  Wheeler (2009): Section 2: Background and related work Jargon File entry for "backdoor" describes Thompson compiler hack Sophos labs on
Interrobang (1,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
September 15, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2013. Gleckler, Arthur. "The Jargon File". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 7
Superuser (1,396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(computing) "getpwuid". opengroup.org. Retrieved 12 January 2019. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7), catb.org "What is this UID 0 toor account?", freebsd
Eric Allman (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-08-20. "Indent style". The Jargon File. Retrieved 2007-08-20. "Star Trek: The original computer game". The Register
TOPS-20 (1,145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Development of TOPS-20". "ITS reference manual" (PDF). "TWENEX". The Jargon File. "What does UUO mean in Software?". abbreviations.com. The 10/50 was
Biff (Unix) (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Know? Archived 13 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Eric Cooper What does {some strange unix command name} stand for? UNIXguide.net Jargon File: biff
Modifier key (1,007 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-02-15. Retrieved 2011-11-30. "At home modifier – Home". Retrieved 2015-04-14. Bucky bits in the Jargon file
Shell (computing) (2,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
surface of modern operating systems. Raymond, Eric S. (ed.). "shell". The Jargon File. "Operating system shells". AIX 6.1 Information Center. IBM Corp. Retrieved
Geek Code (804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) "geek code". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved
Elapsed real time (328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
time as it passes for the user of the simulation tool. "Wall time". The Jargon File. Retrieved June 10, 2011. "NS-3 Manual". "OMNeT++ Manual". Archived from
Loopback (1,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Understanding the Loopback Address". Retrieved 2024-03-14. Raymond, Eric S. "The Jargon File". Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2004-06-23.  This
Gotcha (programming) (262 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
compilers, however.[citation needed] Usability Gotcha definition at The Jargon File "VOID EXP21-C. Place constants on the left of equality comparisons" Stephen
Plug compatible (1,172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Part 2" (PDF). July 1980. pp. 750–796. "bug-for-bug compatible". The Jargon File. Eric S. Raymond. Same as bug-compatible, with the additional implication
TENEX (operating system) (1,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Time-sharing system evolution Some text in this article was taken from The Jargon File entry on "TWENEX", which is in the public domain. Strollo, Theodore R
ROT13 (2,023 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Newsgroup: net.jokes. Raymond, Eric S., ed. (29 December 2003). "ROT13". The Jargon File, 4.4.7. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 19 September
Owning the libs (1,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020. "owned". The Jargon File, version 4.4.8. Eric S. Raymond. October 1, 2004. Archived from the original
Metasyntactic variable (1,310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
LeMan Dergisi 1376. Sayı (in Turkish). Lm Basin Yayin Ltd.şti. "The Jargon File - metasyntactic variable". www.catb.org/. Mongan, John; Kindler, Noah;
1947 in science (1,726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Inc.  "July 29, 1947". Britannica. Retrieved 4 July 2010. "bug:n". The Jargon File. Retrieved 2012-01-20. "Log Book With Computer Bug". National Museum
Software protection dongle (1,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 4 July 2013. "Dongle". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 11 June 2019. Sentinel advert, Byte Magazine, p. 148 US Patent 4,168,396 Jargon File: dongle
The Story of Mel (1,089 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Librazette. Librascope Inc. Raymond, Eric S., ed. (1992-07-01). "The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 (jargon2910.ascii.gz)" (GZ). line 20505
Martian packet (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Linux 5.2 - Kernel: Martian Source Messages". Retrieved 2022-07-02. "Jargon File: martian". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-12-25
Comparison (1,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act III, scene 5, line 19. Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part II, Chapter I. "diff", The Jargon File
Bamf (924 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
after Professor X. Pickles – A Bamf that lived in the past Beast's van. "jargon file entry on Bamf". Catb.org. Retrieved 2010-10-08. Bryan Gardiner (7 October
FidoNet (7,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accounts. In the interviews, Baker says this took place in May. The Jargon File puts it at 38,000 at its peak. The exact number can be determined by
Plokta (252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Jane. "Doctor Who's Paul Cornell Tells io9 Why Darkness Is Overrated" io9 Sep 8 2008 Plokta online Definition of plokta in the Jargon File v t e v t e
User error (1,585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cartoon". User Friendly. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. "The Jargon File, version 4.4.7". catb. maintained by Eric S. Raymond. Archived from the
Syntactic sugar (1,904 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sussman 1996, Chapter 1, footnote 11. Perlis 1982, Epigram #3. "The Jargon File - syntactic salt". 2003-06-12. Archived from the original on 2003-06-12
Vertical bar (3,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(allowing switching to and from ASCII). Raymond, Eric S. "ASCII". The Jargon File. Archived from the original on Oct 30, 2023. Weisstein, Eric W. "Single
Discordianism (2,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
serious than most jokes" and "See ... [also] ha ha only serious" The Jargon File v4.4.7 but present since v2.1.1, (1990, June 12)[1]; The entry for discordianism
Slashed zero (1,780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cit., New York: Dover Publications, 1993, ISBN 0-486-67766-4. "0", The Jargon File, Eric S Raymond. Underground Zerø Album Cover Underground Zerø Band Logo
Non-Internet email address (494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Microsoft Support Knowledge Base. Retrieved 2007-01-15. "bang path", The Jargon File ...item@group@organisation...", 18 Sep 1995, p55, Network World "Banyan
Usenet (8,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ISBN 1-85233-532-7, ISBN 978-1-85233-532-8 The jargon file v4.4.7 Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jargon File Archive. Chapter 3 - The Social Forces
BogoMips (1,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Internet in the early 1990s, untraceable origin. Raymond, Eric S. "Hackers Jargon File". Van Dorst, Wim (2 March 2006). "BogoMips Mini-Howto" (V38 ed.). Retrieved
Buzzword compliant (425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
learning)) Buzzword bingo Golden hammer Power word "Buzzword-compliant in the Jargon File". Eric S. Raymond. Retrieved 2010-08-28. "Definition of buzzword compliant"
Background process (1,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013. Eric S. Raymond (1 October 2004). The Jargon File, version 4.4.8, "daemon". Archived from the original on 3 November 2010
Off-by-one error (1,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the original on 2016-03-05, retrieved 2016-07-07. Raymond, Eric. "The Jargon File". Retrieved 17 May 2021. An earlier version of this article was based
Permissive software license (2,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fortune(6) database. Retrieved 2020-06-08. Raymond, Eric S. "copycenter". The Jargon File. Stallman, Richard (2016-02-08). "License Compatibility and Relicensing"
Pointing stick (1,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2014-01-26. Eric S. Raymond, Guy L. Steele Jr.; et al. "nipple mouse". Jargon File. Retrieved 2011-07-08. Based on The New Hacker's Dictionary. MIT Press
Error 33 (385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Datasegment Online Dictionary[permanent dead link] Eric S Raymond's Online Jargon File Gunther, Neil (2008). "Web 2.0 Meets Error 33". Kay, Alan (2004). "The
The Smiley Company (1,747 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Smiley Marks (English)". Whatjapanthinks.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10. "Jargon file, version 2.6.1, February 12, 1991". Retrieved 2013-03-14. Rene Mahfood
Proprietary software (5,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or commercial software. Eric S. Raymond (2003-12-29). "Proprietary, Jargon File". Retrieved 2009-06-12. Proprietary software should be distinguished
Shebang (Unix) (3,219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
bytes are in big-endian order?". Unicode. Retrieved 10 November 2023. "Jargon File entry for shebang". Catb.org. Retrieved 16 June 2010. Wall, Larry. "Perl
Hardware bug (1,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
31, 2010. "Bug Archived March 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine", The Jargon File, ver. 4.4.7. Retrieved June 3, 2010. "Log Book With Computer Bug Archived
Von Neumann architecture (4,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2013. Copeland 2006, p. 104. MFTL (My Favorite Toy Language) entry Jargon File 4.4.7, retrieved July 11, 2008. Turing, Alan M. (1936), "On Computable
Diff (4,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Raymond (ed.), "diff" Archived 2014-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, The Jargon File, version 4.4.7 IEEE Computer Society; The Open Group (26 September 2008)
Demoscene (3,023 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
playback in Dolby Surround Sound. Raymond, Eric S. "display hacks". The Jargon File. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Green, Dave (1 July 1995). "Demo or Die!".
Patch (computing) (4,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Magazines, S. P. H. (2007). HWM. SPH Magazines. Retrieved 11 July 2017. The Jargon File entry for patch A detailed masters dissertation dealing with security
TeX (6,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
TUGboat 7 (1986), 101. Reprinted as chapter 6 of Digital Typography. "The Jargon File—TeX". Retrieved 23 July 2016. "The Communications of the TeX Users Group"
Stranger in a Strange Land (4,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 2017-05-08. Raymond, Eric S., ed. (December 29, 2003). "grok". The Jargon File. 4.4.7. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. "Grok". Oxford
Software bug (5,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
24, 2012. "Bug Archived March 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine", The Jargon File, ver. 4.4.7. Retrieved June 3, 2010. "Log Book With Computer Bug Archived
HTTP cookie (10,789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 19 October 2017. Raymond, Eric (ed.). "magic cookie". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved
Units of information (3,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Theory of Communication. Nybble at dictionary reference.com; sourced from Jargon File 4.2.0, accessed 2007-08-12 Weisstein, Eric. W. "Crumb". MathWorld. Retrieved
Regular expression (8,901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Aycock 2003, p. 98. Raymond, Eric S. citing Dennis Ritchie (2003). "Jargon File 4.4.7: grep". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-02-17
Interrupt (5,481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
registers. Known as shoulder taps on some IBM operating systems. "The Jargon File, version 4.4.7". 2003-10-27. Retrieved 20 January 2022. Jonathan Corbet;
Hexspeak (954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
[permanent dead link] "J2T File Format". "J2L File Format". "DEADBEEF". Jargon File. Retrieved 2009-10-01. "Bug Check 0xDEADDEAD: MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH
Ed Nather (834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
original on August 11, 2012. Raymond, Eric S., ed. (July 1, 1992). "The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 (jargon2910.ascii.gz)". line 20505. Archived
Munged password (484 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from them. Leet Brodkin, Jon (2014-03-27). "Diceware passwords now need six random words to thwart hackers". Ars Technica. Jargon File entry for munge
Halt and Catch Fire (computing) (2,668 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
intentional built-in self-test feature on a Motorola microprocessor. "Jargon File entry for the HCF assembly mnemonic". Archived from the original on 2012-05-20
Posting style (5,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Making Outlook 2007 quote responsibly". loftninjas.org. "top-post" in The Jargon File (version 4.4.7) Quoting Style—How to use quote using interleaved quoting
Lisp (programming language) (9,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Turing Award lecture). "A Look at Clojure and the Lisp Resurgence". "The Jargon File - Lisp". Retrieved 2006-10-13. Sebesta, Robert W. (2012). ""2.4 Functional
Comparison of programming paradigms (2,594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Crockford, Douglas. "Private Members in JavaScript". crockford.com. "The Jargon File v4.4.7: "syntactic sugar"". Gray, Jan (June 2003). "Writing Faster Managed
Gender of connectors and fasteners (4,352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Connectors with EDACON Hermaphroditic Contact Mating Design". Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2008-09-30. Jargon File: gender mender
1947 (11,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Referendum, 1947". Banglapedia. Retrieved November 20, 2016. "bug:n". The Jargon File. Retrieved January 20, 2012. "Log Book With Computer Bug". National Museum
BIFF (Usenet) (1,089 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
parodied and the parodying. Kibo, another famous Internet pseudonym The Jargon File – a reference for early internet esoterica, latterly maintained and preserved
Kaomoji (1,243 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
doi:10.4324/9780429491757-4. ISBN 978-0-429-49175-7. S2CID 241778181. "Jargon file, version 2.6.1, February 12, 1991". Retrieved March 14, 2013. "KawaiiFace
Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (6,923 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
September 11, 2006. Raymond, Eric; et al. "The Meaning of 'Hack'". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Retrieved May 3, 2011. Williams, Sam. "Hack, Hackers