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...

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...

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...

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....

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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:...

fundamentally incapable of carrying the important part of the message. The Jargon File gives an example of this type of humor: a red index card with GREEN written...

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...

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

from the Jargon File is that "You can't grep dead trees", which comes from the Unix command grep, which searches the contents of text files. This means...

open, unrestricted by software patents. Its name is derived from "ogging", jargon from the computer game Netrek.[better source needed] The Ogg container format...

professional advice.[citation needed] I'm not a scientist, a political phrase Jargon File, a glossary of computer programmer slang Jason B. Wacha (February 1,...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...