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The Jargon File is a dictionary of common computer lingo (the "jargon"). It is quite funny in many places, though slightly out of date in others. It is also known as The Hacker's Dictionary, or the Hacker's Jargon File. It is public domain, but the authors request attribution. The current incarnation is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130126185837/www.cosman246.com/jargon.html here]. In addition to the glossary of hacker terms which forms the bulk of the file, there are several longer pieces in various appendices.

* TV Typewriters
* Magic
* AI Koans
* Story of Mel

The Jargon File and this Wiki


Since the Jargon File is in the public domain, entries from the Jargon File can be incorporated into this wiki at will. Keep in mind that the authors of the Jargon File request attribution.

The creators of the File assumed that the reader had some knowledge of the technical meaning of the terms. Also, the File focuses on humor rather than information. Subjects that are the basis of holy wars are explained in a provocative manner, to increase entertainment value, so it is a good idea to edit LQwiki incorporated entries with an eye towards NPOV (neutral point of view). Despite all of this, the File does serve a purpose here. It provides a starting point that LQwiki contributors can build on, which prevents us from having to reinvent the wheel. Also, the file, which was started in the elder days provides insight into the hacker culture which created Linux, and its history.

If you wish to help incorporate the Jargon File into this wiki, it is advised that you concentrate on incorporating Jargon material into existing articles first, and then creating new articles from the Special:Wantedpages list. This will help to ensure that the incorporated entries are on topic.

To add the appropriate attribution to an entry with information from the Jargon File, please include the following:

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* Jargon File Attribution - Attribution template

Objections


If you want to see how little influence the jargon file really has and how easily it can be defeated (and ignored) as soon as economic success counts, read e.g. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html

= See also =
* Humor
* History of unix
* http://www.cosman246.com/jargon.html

Sources


* https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-4.4.7.dos.txt
* http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/
* https://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon



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A


* abbrev
* ABEND
* accumulator
* ACK
* Acme
* ad-hockery
* address harvester
* adger
* admin
* ADVENT
* adware
* AFAIK
* AFJ
* AFK
* AI
* AI-complete]]
* airplane rule
* Alderson loop
* aliasing bug
* Alice and Bob
* All hardware sucks, all software sucks
* all your base are belong to us
* alpha geek
* alpha particles
* alt
* alt bit
* Aluminum Book
* ambimouseterous
* Amiga
* Amiga Persecution Complex
* amp off
* amper
* and there was much rejoicing
* Angband
* angle brackets
* angry fruit salad
* annoybot
* annoyware
* ANSI standard
* ANSI standard pizza
* anti-idiotarianism
* AOL!
* app
* Archimedes
* arena
* arg
* ARMM
* armor-plated
* asbestos
* asbestos cork award
* asbestos longjohns
* ASCII
* ASCII art
* ASCIIbetical order
* astroturfing
* atomic
* attoparsec
* Aunt Tillie
* AUP
* autobogotiphobia
* autoconfiscate
* automagically
* avatar
* awk

B



* B1FF
* B5
* back door
* backbone cabal
* backbone site
* backgammon
* background
* backreference
* backronym
* backward combatability
* BAD
* Bad and Wrong
* Bad Thing
* bag on the side
* bagbiter
* bagbiting
* baggy pantsing
* balloonian variable
* bamf
* banana problem
* bandwidth
* bang
* bang on
* bang path
* banner
* banner ad
* banner site
* bar
* bare metal
* barf
* barfmail
* barfulation
* barfulous
* barn
* barney
* baroque
* BASIC
* batbelt
* batch
* bathtub curve
* Batman factor
* baud
* baz
* bazaar
* bboard
* BBS
* BCPL
* BDFL
* beam
* beanie key
* beep
* Befunge
* beige toaster
* bells and whistles
* bells whistles and gongs
* benchmark
* Berkeley Quality Software
* Berzerkeley
* beta
* BFI
* BI
* bible
* BiCapitalization
* biff
* big iron
* Big Red Switch
* Big Room
* big win
* big-endian
* bignum
* bigot
* bikeshedding
* binary four
* bit
* bit bang
* bit bashing
* bit bucket
* bit decay
* bit rot
* bit twiddling
* bit-paired keyboard
* bitblt
* bits
* bitty box
* bixie
* black art
* black hat
* black hole
* black magic
* Black Screen of Death
* blammo
* blargh
* blast
* blat
* bletch
* bletcherous
* blinkenlights
* blit
* blitter
* blivet
* bloatware
* BLOB
* block
* blog
* Bloggs Family
* blogosphere
* blogrolling
* blow an [[EPROM
* blow away
* blow out
* blow past
* blow up
* BLT
* blue box
* Blue Glue
* blue goo
* Blue Screen of Death
* blue wire
* blurgle
* BNF
* boa
* board
* boat anchor
* bob
* bodge
* BOF
* BOFH
* bogo-sort
* bogometer
* BogoMIPS
* bogon
* bogon filter
* bogon flux
* bogosity
* bogotify
* bogue out
* bogus
* Bohr bug
* boink
* bomb
* bondage-and-discipline language
* bonk/oif
* book titles
* boot
* Borg
* borken
* bot
* bottom feeder
* bottom-post
* bottom-up implementation
* bounce
* bounce message
* boustrophedon
* box
* boxed comments
* boxen
* boxology
* bozotic
* brain dump
* brain fart
* brain-damaged
* brain-dead
* braino
* brainwidth
* bread crumbs
* break
* break-even point
* breath-of-life packet
* breedle
* Breidbart Index
* brick
* bricktext
* bring X to its knees
* brittle
* broadcast storm
* broken
* broken arrow
* broken-ring network
* BrokenWindows
* broket
* Brooks's Law
* brown-paper-bag bug
* browser
* BRS
* brute force
* brute force and ignorance
* BSD
* BSOD
* BUAF
* BUAG
* bubble sort
* bucky bits
* buffer chuck
* buffer overflow
* bug
* bug-compatible
* bug-for-bug compatible
* bug-of-the-month club
* bulletproof
* bullschildt
* bump
* burble
* buried treasure
* burn a CD
* burn-in period
* burst page
* busy-wait
* buzz
* buzzword-compliant
* BWQ
* by hand
* byte
* Bzzzt! Wrong

C


* C
* C Programmer's Disease
* C&C
* C++
* calculator
* Camel Book
* camelCase
* camelCasing
* can't happen
* cancelbot
* Cancelmoose tm
* candygrammar
* canonical
* careware
* cargo cult programming
* cascade
* case and paste
* case mod
* casters-up mode
* casting the runes
* cat
* catatonic
* cathedral
* cd tilde
* CDA
* cdr
* chad
* chad box
* chain
* chainik
* channel
* channel hopping
* channel op
* chanop
* char
* charityware
* chase pointers
* chawmp
* check
* cheerfully
* chemist
* Chernobyl chicken
* Chernobyl packet
* chicken head
* chickenboner
* chiclet keyboard
* Chinese Army technique
* choad
* choke
* [[chomp
* [[chomper
* CHOP
* Christmas tree
* Christmas tree packet
* chrome
* chug
* Church of the SubGenius
* CI$
* Cinderella Book
* Classic C
* clean
* click of death
* CLM
* clobber
* clock
* clocks
* clone
* clone-and-hack coding
* clover key
* clue-by-four
* clustergeeking
* co-lo
* coaster
* coaster toaster
* COBOL
* COBOL fingers
* [[cobweb site
* code
* code grinder
* code monkey
* Code of the Geeks
* code police
* codes
* codewalker
* coefficient of X
* cokebottle
* cold boot
* COME FROM
* comm mode
* command key
* comment out
* Commonwealth Hackish
* compact
* compiler jock
* compo
* compress
* Compu$erve
* computer confetti
* computron
* con
* condition out
* condom
* confuser
* connector conspiracy
* cons
* considered harmful
* console
* console jockey
* content-free
* control-C
* control-O
* control-Q
* control-S
* Conway's Law
* cookbook
* cooked mode
* cookie
* cookie bear
* cookie file
* cookie jar
* cookie monster
* copious free time
* copper
* copy protection
* copybroke
* copycenter
* copyleft
* copyparty
* copywronged
* core
* core cancer
* core dump
* core leak
* Core Wars
* cosmic rays
* cough and die
* courier
* cow orker
* cowboy
* CP/M
* CPU Wars
* crack
* crack root
* cracker
* cracking
* crank
* crapplet
* CrApTeX
* crash
* crash and burn
* crawling horror
* CRC handbook
* creationism
* creep
* creeping elegance
* creeping featurism
* creeping featuritis
* cretin
* cretinous
* crippleware
* critical mass
* crlf
* crock
* cross-post
* crossload
* crudware
* cruft
* cruft together
* cruftsmanship
* crufty
* crumb
* crunch
* cryppie
* cthulhic
* CTSS
* cube
* cup holder
* cursor dipped in X
* cuspy
* cut a tape
* cybercrud
* cyberpunk
* cyberspace
* cycle
* cycle of reincarnation
* cycle server
* cypherpunk
* C|N>K

D


* daemon
* daemon book
* dahmum
* dancing frog
* dangling pointer
* dark-side hacker
* Datamation
* DAU
* Dave the Resurrector
* day mode
* dd
* DDT
* de-rezz
* dead
* dead beef attack
* dead code
* dead-tree version
* DEADBEEF
* deadlock
* deadly embrace
* death code
* Death Square
* Death Star
* Death, X of
* DEC
* DEC Wars
* decay
* deckle
* DED
* deep hack mode
* deep magic
* deep space
* defenestration
* defined as
* deflicted
* dehose
* Dejagoo
* deletia
* deliminator
* delint
* delta
* demented
* demigod
* demo
* demo mode
* demoeffect
* demogroup
* demon
* demon dialer
* demoparty
* demoscene
* dentro
* depeditate
* deprecated
* derf
* deserves to lose
* despew
* dickless workstation
* dictionary flame
* diddle
* die
* die horribly
* diff
* dike
* Dilbert
* ding
* dink
* dinosaur
* dinosaur pen
* dinosaurs mating
* dirtball
* dirty power
* disclaimer
* Discordianism
* disemvowel
* disk farm
* display hack
* dispress
* Dissociated Press
* distribution
* distro
* disusered
* DMZ
* do protocol
* doc
* documentation
* dodgy
* dogcow
* dogfood
* dogpile
* dogwash
* Don't do that then!
* dongle
* dongle-disk
* Doom, X of
* doorstop
* DoS attack
* dot file
* double bucky
* doubled sig
* down
* download
* DP
* DPer
* Dr. Fred Mbogo
* dragon
* Dragon Book
* drain
* dread high-bit disease
* dread questionmark disease
* DRECNET
* driver
* droid
* drone
* drool-proof paper
* drop on the floor
* drop-ins
* drop-outs
* drugged
* drum
* drunk mouse syndrome
* DSW
* dub dub dub
* Duff's [[device
* dumb terminal
* dumbass attack
* dumbed down
* dump
* dumpster diving
* dusty deck
* DWIM
* dynner


E



* Easter egg
* Easter egging
* eat flaming death
* EBCDIC
* ECP
* ed
* egg
* egosurf
* eighty-column mind
* El Camino Bignum
* elder days
* elegant
* elephantine
* elevator controller
* elite
* ELIZA effect
* elvish
* EMACS
* email
* emoticon
* EMP
* empire
* engine
* English
* enhancement
* ENQ
* EOD
* EOF
* EOL
* EOU
* epoch
* epsilon
* epsilon squared
* era
* Eric Conspiracy
* Eris
* erotics
* error 33
* eurodemo
* evil
* evil and rude
* Evil Empire
* exa-
* examining the entrails
* EXCH
* excl
* EXE
* exec
* exercise, left as an
* Exon
* Exploder
* exploit
* external memory
* eye candy
* eyeball search

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X


* X
* XEROX PARC
* XOFF
* XON
* xor
* xref
* XXX
* xyzzy


Y


* YA-
* YABA
* YAFIYGI
* yak shaving
* YAUN
* yellow card
* yellow wire
* Yet Another
* YHBT
* YKYBHTLW
* YMMV
* You are not expected to understand this
* You know you've been hacking too long when
* Your mileage may vary
* Yow!
* yoyo mode
* Yu-Shiang Whole Fish


Z


* zap
* zapped
* Zawinski's Law
* zbeba
* zen
* zero
* zero-content
* Zero-One-Infinity Rule
* zeroth
* zigamorph
* zip
* zipperhead
* zombie
* zorch
* Zork
* zorkmid


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