The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical...

Jargon, or technical language, is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is normally employed in a...

technical community insist the latter is the correct usage, as in the Jargon File definition. Sometimes, "hacker" is simply used synonymously with "geek":...

Eric S. Raymond (ed.). "The on-line hacker Jargon File, version 4.4.8. metasyntactic variable". Jargon File. Retrieved 2024-05-30. RFC 3092 - Etymology...

after its inclusion in the Jargon File, a glossary of computer programmer slang, in 1990. Later that year, the Jargon File editors noted lack of knowledge...

Retrieved 4 January 2024. "grok". Jargon File. Retrieved 18 October 2024. "Jargon File version 2.7.1". Jargon File. 1 March 1991. Retrieved 18 October...

simple streams of packets. The Jargon File version 4.4.7 lists this as the definition of cat: # To spew an entire file to the screen or some other output...

malevolent purposes‍—‌lies in exploiting weaknesses in computer security. The Jargon File, an influential but not universally accepted compendium of hacker slang...

Archived from the original on 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2019-06-04. [5] This article is based in part on the Jargon File, which is in the public domain....

greeting that required several character constants for its expression. The Jargon File reports that "hello, world" instead originated in 1967 with the language...

name being explained as a contraction of 'pubic'. For hardware, the Jargon File also reports the less common expression byte sex [1]. It is unclear whether...

information, but it can be used for intentional overwriting as well. The Jargon File defines clobbering as To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked...

several files into a single archive?". Gnu.org. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010. "tarball, The Jargon File, version...

micro-fortnights is approximated as seconds in the implementation". The Jargon File reports that the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight...

from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016. "The Jargon File: Mung". Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October...

following World War II, and an example photocopy is shown in the Jargon File. The Jargon File also mentions that German hackers had in turn developed their...

sports to politics (e.g. "Obama owns Fox News" or "Trump owns CNN"). The Jargon File, a historical glossary of computer slang, defines the hacker usage of...

the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary. Raymond was born in Boston...

1986). "All Sorts of Software". BYTE. p. 269. Retrieved 27 August 2015. Kill file entry in the Jargon File Kill file definition entry at NewsDemon.com...

at the University of Kentucky. He compiled the first version of the Jargon File. He is the author of An Operating Systems Vade Mecum, a textbook on operating...

century, as British and American (respectively) military slang. The Jargon File (a.k.a. The New Hacker's Dictionary), a glossary of computer programmer...

executions likely to expose Heisenbugs Memory debugger "The Jargon File: heisenbug". "The Jargon File: Mandelbug". Catb.org. Retrieved 2013-09-05. Raymond,...

hide themselves. An early example of this behavior is recorded in the Jargon File tale of a pair of programs infesting a Xerox CP-V time sharing system:...

deterioration, or loss of the use or performance of software over time. The Jargon File, a compendium of hacker lore, defines "bit rot" as a jocular explanation...

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...

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...

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...

Usenet. Backbone cabal Cabal Internet meme Lumber Cartel "TINC". The Jargon File. Retrieved August 15, 2020. Coleman, E. Gabriella (2013). Coding Freedom:...

they are now members of this special group. However, according to the Jargon File, a "well-known LISPer" has been known to give out buttons with Knights...

unlucky, inept, or newbie people. This article is based in part on the Jargon File, which is in the public domain. A Large Dictionary of Russian Nicknames...