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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Raymond; et al. "Jargon File". Jargon File 2.1.1. Eric S. Raymond. Retrieved 2016-08-15. Steele; et al. "Jargon File". Jargon File 1.5.0. Retrieved 2016-08-15...

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...

text file] "Re: Pretty-lambdas". "I know this is another "neckbeard" comment (Love that term), but anyone who ever... | Hacker News". The Jargon File. Xinware...

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

sense to them Jargon File, a glossary of computer programmer slang This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jargon. If an internal...

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

turning off the user's access to computer resources and the like. The Jargon File states that the word was coined around 1975 at MIT, although LUSER is...

Scientific, 2004, ISBN 981-238-571-1. Chatterjee, p. 1 "Murphy's Law". Jargon File. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-04-19. Drucker...

all hardware! It's a shame programmers don't grok that better." The Jargon File, which describes itself as "The Hacker's Dictionary" and has been published...

Conway's law in The New Hacker's Dictionary, a reference work based on the Jargon File. The organization of the software and the organization of the software...

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...

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....

was described at MIT as "the least random number", according to the Jargon File. Seventeen is the seventh prime number, which makes it the fourth super-prime...

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...

programmers and computer scientists. The jargon file, a compendium of historical and current hacker jargon, defines: magic smoke: n. A substance trapped...

global synchronization Cache stampede "Thundering Herd Problem". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7). Retrieved 9 July 2019. "Does the Thundering Herd Problem...

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

(  ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ). Macquarie Dictionary (3rd edition) Raymond, Eric S. "ASCII". The Jargon File. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2007-07-28. Bulletin...

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:...

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...

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