The Hacker's Dictionary
Versió HTML de Lluís de Yzaguirre i Maura
Institut de Lingüística Aplicada - Universitat "Pompeu Fabra"
e-mail: de_yza @ upf.es
Introducció
A
[abbrev]
[ABEND]
[accumulator]
[ACK]
[ad-hockery]
[Ada]
[adger]
[admin]
[ADVENT]
[AFJ]
[AI]
[AI-complete]
[AI koans]
[AIDS]
[AIDX]
[airplane rule]
[aliasing bug]
[all-elbows]
[alpha particles]
[alt]
[alt bit]
[altmode]
[Aluminum Book]
[amoeba]
[amp off]
[amper]
[angle brackets]
[angry fruit salad]
[annoybot]
[AOS]
[app]
[arena]
[arg]
[ARMM]
[armor-plated]
[asbestos]
[asbestos cork award]
[asbestos longjohns]
[ASCII]
[ASCII art]
[ASCIIbetical order]
[atomic]
[attoparsec]
[autobogotiphobia]
[automagically]
[avatar]
[awk]
B
[back door]
[backbone cabal]
[backbone site]
[backgammon]
[background]
[backspace and overstrike]
[backward combatability]
[BAD]
[Bad Thing]
[bag on the side]
[bagbiter]
[bagbiting]
[bamf]
[banana label]
[banana problem]
[bandwidth]
[bang]
[bang on]
[bang path]
[banner]
[bar]
[bare metal]
[barf]
[barfmail]
[barfulation]
[barfulous]
[barney]
[baroque]
[BASIC]
[batch]
[bathtub curve]
[baud]
[baud barf]
[baz]
[bboard]
[BBS]
[beam]
[beanie key]
[beep]
[beige toaster]
[bells and whistles]
[bells, whistles, and gongs]
[benchmark]
[Berkeley Quality Software]
[berklix]
[Berzerkeley]
[beta]
[BFI]
[bible]
[BiCapitalization]
[BIFF]
[biff]
[Big Gray Wall]
[big iron]
[Big Red Switch]
[Big Room, the]
[big win]
[big-endian]
[bignum]
[bigot]
[bit]
[bit bang]
[bit bashing]
[bit bucket]
[bit decay]
[bit rot]
[bit twiddling]
[bit-paired keyboard]
[bitblt]
[BITNET]
[bits]
[bitty box]
[bixie]
[black art]
[black hole]
[black magic]
[blargh]
[blast]
[blat]
[bletch]
[bletcherous]
[blinkenlights]
[blit]
[blitter]
[blivet]
[BLOB]
[block]
[block transfer computations]
[Bloggs Family, the]
[blow an EPROM]
[blow away]
[blow out]
[blow past]
[blow up]
[BLT]
[Blue Book]
[Blue Glue]
[blue goo]
[blue wire]
[blurgle]
[BNF]
[boa]
[board]
[boat anchor]
[BOF]
[bogo-sort]
[bogometer]
[bogon]
[bogon filter]
[bogon flux]
[bogosity]
[bogotify]
[bogue out]
[bogus]
[Bohr bug]
[boink]
[bomb]
[bondage-and-discipline language]
[bonk/oif]
[book titles]
[boot]
[bottom feeder]
[bottom-up implementation]
[bounce]
[bounce message]
[boustrophedon]
[box]
[boxed comments]
[boxen]
[boxology]
[bozotic]
[BQS]
[brain dump]
[brain fart]
[brain-damaged]
[brain-dead]
[braino]
[branch to Fishkill]
[bread crumbs]
[break]
[break-even point]
[breath-of-life packet]
[breedle]
[bring X to its knees]
[brittle]
[broadcast storm]
[brochureware]
[broken]
[broken arrow]
[broket]
[Brooks's Law]
[BRS]
[brute force]
[brute force and ignorance]
[BSD]
[BUAF]
[BUAG]
[bubble sort]
[bucky bits]
[buffer overflow]
[bug]
[bug-compatible]
[bug-for-bug compatible]
[buglix]
[bulletproof]
[bum]
[bump]
[burble]
[buried treasure]
[burn-in period]
[burst page]
[busy-wait]
[buzz]
[BWQ]
[by hand]
[byte]
[bytesexual]
[bzzzt, wrong]
C
[C]
[C Programmer's Disease]
[calculator]
[can]
[can't happen]
[candygrammar]
[canonical]
[card walloper]
[careware]
[cargo cult programming]
[cascade]
[case and paste]
[casters-up mode]
[casting the runes]
[cat]
[catatonic]
[cd tilde]
[cdr]
[chad]
[chad box]
[chain]
[channel]
[channel hopping]
[channel op]
[chanop]
[char]
[charityware]
[chase pointers]
[check]
[chemist]
[Chernobyl chicken]
[Chernobyl packet]
[chicken head]
[chiclet keyboard]
[chine nual]
[Chinese Army technique]
[choke]
[chomp]
[chomper]
[CHOP]
[Christmas tree]
[Christmas tree packet]
[chrome]
[chug]
[Church of the SubGenius]
[Cinderella Book]
[CI$]
[Classic C]
[clean]
[CLM]
[clobber]
[clocks]
[clone]
[clone-and-hack coding]
[clover key]
[clustergeeking]
[COBOL]
[COBOL fingers]
[code grinder]
[code police]
[codes]
[codewalker]
[coefficient of X]
[cokebottle]
[cold boot]
[COME FROM]
[comm mode]
[command key]
[comment out]
[Commonwealth Hackish]
[compact]
[compiler jock]
[compress]
[Compu$erve]
[computer confetti]
[computer geek]
[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]
[copyleft]
[copywronged]
[core]
[core cancer]
[core dump]
[core leak]
[Core Wars]
[corge]
[cosmic rays]
[cough and die]
[cowboy]
[CP/M]
[CPU Wars]
[crack root]
[cracker]
[cracking]
[crank]
[CrApTeX]
[crash]
[crash and burn]
[crawling horror]
[cray]
[cray instability]
[crayola]
[crayola books]
[crayon]
[creationism]
[creep]
[creeping elegance]
[creeping featurism]
[creeping featuritis]
[cretin]
[cretinous]
[crippleware]
[critical mass]
[crlf]
[crock]
[cross-post]
[crudware]
[cruft]
[cruft together]
[cruftsmanship]
[crufty]
[crumb]
[crunch]
[cruncha cruncha cruncha]
[cryppie]
[CTSS]
[CTY]
[cube]
[cubing]
[cursor dipped in X]
[cuspy]
[cut a tape]
[cybercrud]
[cyberpunk]
[cyberspace]
[cycle]
[cycle crunch]
[cycle drought]
[cycle of reincarnation]
[cycle server]
D
[D. C. Power Lab]
[daemon]
[dangling pointer]
[dark-side hacker]
[Datamation]
[DAU]
[day mode]
[dd]
[DDT]
[de-rezz]
[dead]
[dead code]
[DEADBEEF]
[deadlock]
[deadly embrace]
[death code]
[Death Star]
[DEC]
[dec]
[DEC Wars]
[decay]
[DEChead]
[deckle]
[DED]
[deep hack mode]
[deep magic]
[deep space]
[defenestration]
[defined as]
[dehose]
[delint]
[delta]
[demented]
[demigod]
[demo]
[demo mode]
[demon]
[depeditate]
[deprecated]
[deserves to lose]
[desk check]
[despew]
[Devil Book]
[devo]
[dickless workstation]
[dictionary flame]
[diddle]
[die]
[die horribly]
[diff]
[digit]
[dike]
[ding]
[dink]
[dinosaur]
[dinosaur pen]
[dinosaurs mating]
[dirtball]
[dirty power]
[disclaimer]
[Discordianism]
[disk farm]
[display hack]
[Dissociated Press]
[distribution]
[disusered]
[do protocol]
[doc]
[doco]
[documentation]
[dodgy]
[dogcow]
[dogpile]
[dogwash]
[domainist]
[Don't do that, then!]
[dongle]
[dongle-disk]
[donuts]
[doorstop]
[dot file]
[double bucky]
[double DECkers]
[doubled sig]
[down]
[download]
[DP]
[DPB]
[DPer]
[dragon]
[Dragon Book]
[drain]
[dread high-bit disease]
[DRECNET]
[driver]
[droid]
[drool-proof paper]
[drop on the floor]
[drop-ins]
[drop-outs]
[drugged]
[drum]
[drunk mouse syndrome]
[Duff's device]
[dumb terminal]
[dumbass attack]
[dumbed down]
[dump]
[dumpster diving]
[dup killer]
[dup loop]
[dusty deck]
[DWIM]
[dynner]
E
[earthquake]
[Easter egg]
[Easter egging]
[eat flaming death]
[EBCDIC]
[echo]
[eighty-column mind]
[El Camino Bignum]
[elder days]
[elegant]
[elephantine]
[elevator controller]
[ELIZA effect]
[elvish]
[EMACS]
[email]
[emoticon]
[empire]
[engine]
[English]
[enhancement]
[ENQ]
[EOF]
[EOL]
[EOU]
[epoch]
[epsilon]
[epsilon squared]
[era, the]
[Eric Conspiracy]
[Eris]
[erotics]
[error 33]
[evil]
[evil and rude]
[exa-]
[examining the entrails]
[EXCH]
[excl]
[EXE]
[exec]
[exercise, left as an]
[external memory]
[eyeball search]
F
[face time]
[factor]
[fall over]
[fall through]
[fan]
[fandango on core]
[FAQ]
[FAQ list]
[FAQL]
[faradize]
[farkled]
[farming]
[fascist]
[fat electrons]
[faulty]
[fd leak]
[fear and loathing]
[feature]
[feature creature]
[feature key]
[feature shock]
[featurectomy]
[feep]
[feeper]
[feeping creature]
[feeping creaturism]
[feetch feetch]
[fence]
[fencepost error]
[fepped out]
[FidoNet]
[field circus]
[field servoid]
[Fight-o-net]
[File Attach]
[File Request]
[file signature]
[filk]
[film at 11]
[filter]
[Finagle's Law]
[fine]
[finger]
[finger-pointing syndrome]
[finn]
[firebottle]
[firefighting]
[firehose syndrome]
[firewall code]
[firewall machine]
[fireworks mode]
[firmy]
[fish]
[FISH queue]
[FITNR]
[fix]
[FIXME]
[flag]
[flag day]
[flaky]
[flamage]
[flame]
[flame bait]
[flame on]
[flame war]
[flamer]
[flap]
[flarp]
[flat]
[flat-ASCII]
[flat-file]
[flatten]
[flavor]
[flavorful]
[flippy]
[flood]
[flowchart]
[flower key]
[flush]
[flypage]
[Flyspeck 3]
[flytrap]
[FM]
[fnord]
[FOAF]
[FOD]
[fold case]
[followup]
[fontology]
[foo]
[foobar]
[fool]
[fool file, the]
[Foonly]
[footprint]
[for free]
[for the rest of us]
[for values of]
[fora]
[foreground]
[fork bomb]
[forked]
[Fortrash]
[fortune cookie]
[forum]
[fossil]
[four-color glossies]
[fragile]
[fred]
[frednet]
[freeware]
[freeze]
[fried]
[frink]
[friode]
[fritterware]
[frob]
[frobnicate]
[frobnitz]
[frog]
[frogging]
[front end]
[frotz]
[frotzed]
[frowney]
[fry]
[FTP]
[FUBAR]
[fuck me harder]
[FUD]
[FUD wars]
[fudge]
[fudge factor]
[fuel up]
[fum]
[funky]
[funny money]
[furrfu]
[fuzzball]
G
[G]
[gabriel]
[gag]
[gang bang]
[garbage collect]
[garply]
[gas]
[gaseous]
[GC]
[GCOS]
[GECOS]
[gedanken]
[geef]
[geek out]
[gen]
[gender mender]
[General Public Virus]
[generate]
[gensym]
[Get a life!]
[Get a real computer!]
[GFR]
[gig]
[giga-]
[GIGO]
[gilley]
[gillion]
[GIPS]
[glark]
[glass]
[glass tty]
[glassfet]
[glitch]
[glob]
[glork]
[glue]
[gnarly]
[GNU]
[GNUMACS]
[go flatline]
[go root]
[go-faster stripes]
[gobble]
[Godzillagram]
[golden]
[golf-ball printer]
[gonk]
[gonkulator]
[gonzo]
[Good Thing]
[gorets]
[gorilla arm]
[gorp]
[GOSMACS]
[Gosperism]
[gotcha]
[GPL]
[GPV]
[grault]
[gray goo]
[Great Renaming]
[Great Runes]
[Great Worm, the]
[great-wall]
[Green Book]
[green bytes]
[green card]
[green lightning]
[green machine]
[Green's Theorem]
[grep]
[grilf]
[grind]
[grind crank]
[gripenet]
[gritch]
[grok]
[gronk]
[gronk out]
[gronked]
[grovel]
[grunge]
[gubbish]
[guiltware]
[gumby]
[gun]
[gunch]
[gurfle]
[guru]
[guru meditation]
[gweep]
H
[h]
[ha ha only serious]
[hack]
[hack attack]
[hack mode]
[hack on]
[hack together]
[hack up]
[hack value]
[hacked off]
[hacked up]
[hacker]
[hacker ethic, the]
[hacking run]
[Hacking X for Y]
[Hackintosh]
[hackish]
[hackishness]
[hackitude]
[hair]
[hairy]
[HAKMEM]
[hakspek]
[hammer]
[hamster]
[hand cruft]
[hand-hacking]
[handle]
[hand-roll]
[handshaking]
[handwave]
[hang]
[Hanlon's Razor]
[happily]
[haque]
[hard boot]
[hardcoded]
[hardwarily]
[hardwired]
[has the X nature]
[hash bucket]
[hash collision]
[hat]
[HCF]
[heads down]
[heartbeat]
[heatseeker]
[heavy metal]
[heavy wizardry]
[heavyweight]
[heisenbug]
[Helen Keller mode]
[hello, sailor!]
[hello, wall!]
[hello, world]
[hex]
[hexadecimal]
[hexit]
[HHOK]
[HHOS]
[hidden flag]
[high bit]
[high moby]
[highly]
[hing]
[hirsute]
[HLL]
[hobbit]
[hog]
[holy wars]
[home box]
[home machine]
[hook]
[hop]
[hose]
[hosed]
[hot spot]
[house wizard]
[HP-SUX]
[huff]
[humma]
[Humor, Hacker]
[hung]
[hungry puppy]
[hungus]
[hyperspace]
[hysterical reasons]
I
[I didn't change anything!]
[I see no X here.]
[IBM]
[IBM discount]
[ICBM address]
[ice]
[idempotent]
[If you want X, you know where to find it.]
[ifdef out]
[ill-behaved]
[IMHO]
[Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!]
[in the extreme]
[inc]
[incantation]
[include]
[include war]
[indent style]
[index]
[infant mortality]
[infinite]
[infinite loop]
[Infinite-Monkey Theorem]
[infinity]
[initgame]
[insanely great]
[INTERCAL]
[interesting]
[Internet address]
[interrupt]
[interrupt list, the]
[interrupts locked out]
[IRC]
[iron]
[Iron Age]
[iron box]
[ironmonger]
[ITS]
[IWBNI]
[IYFEG]
J
[J. Random]
[J. Random Hacker]
[jack in]
[jaggies]
[JCL]
[JEDR]
[JFCL]
[jiffy]
[job security]
[jock]
[joe code]
[jolix]
[JR[LN]]
[JRST]
[juggling eggs]
[jump off into never-never land]
[jupiter]
K
[K]
[K&R]
[kahuna]
[kamikaze packet]
[kangaroo code]
[ken]
[kgbvax]
[KIBO]
[kiboze]
[kick]
[kill file]
[killer micro]
[killer poke]
[kilo-]
[KIPS]
[KISS Principle]
[kit]
[klone]
[kludge]
[kluge]
[kluge around]
[kluge up]
[Knights of the Lambda Calculus]
[Knuth]
[kremvax]
[kyrka]
L
[lace card]
[language lawyer]
[languages of choice]
[larval stage]
[lase]
[laser chicken]
[Lasherism]
[laundromat]
[LDB]
[leaf site]
[leak]
[leaky heap]
[leapfrog attack]
[legal]
[legalese]
[LER]
[LERP]
[let the smoke out]
[letterbomb]
[lexer]
[lexiphage]
[life]
[Life is hard]
[light pipe]
[lightweight]
[like kicking dead whales down the beach]
[like nailing jelly to a tree]
[line 666]
[line eater, the]
[line noise]
[line starve]
[link farm]
[link-dead]
[lint]
[lion food]
[Lions Book]
[LISP]
[literature, the]
[lithium lick]
[little-endian]
[live data]
[Live Free Or Die!]
[livelock]
[liveware]
[lobotomy]
[locals, the]
[locked and loaded]
[locked up]
[logic bomb]
[logical]
[loop through]
[loose bytes]
[lord high fixer]
[lose]
[lose lose]
[loser]
[losing]
[loss]
[lossage]
[lost in the noise]
[lost in the underflow]
[lots of MIPS but no I/O]
[low-bandwidth]
[LPT]
[Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology]
[lunatic fringe]
[lurker]
[luser]
M
[M]
[macdink]
[machinable]
[machoflops]
[Macintoy]
[Macintrash]
[macro]
[macro-]
[macrology]
[macrotape]
[maggotbox]
[magic]
[magic cookie]
[magic number]
[magic smoke]
[mailbomb]
[mailing list]
[main loop]
[mainframe]
[management]
[mandelbug]
[manged]
[mangle]
[mangler]
[mango]
[manularity]
[marbles]
[marginal]
[Marginal Hacks]
[marginally]
[marketroid]
[Mars]
[martian]
[massage]
[math-out]
[Matrix]
[maximum Maytag mode]
[Mbogo, Dr. Fred]
[meatware]
[meeces]
[meg]
[mega-]
[megapenny]
[MEGO]
[meltdown, network]
[meme]
[meme plague]
[memetics]
[memory farts]
[memory leak]
[memory smash]
[menuitis]
[mess-dos]
[meta]
[meta bit]
[metasyntactic variable]
[MFTL]
[mickey]
[mickey mouse program]
[micro-]
[MicroDroid]
[microfloppies]
[microfortnight]
[microLenat]
[microReid]
[Microsloth Windows]
[microtape]
[middle-endian]
[milliLampson]
[minifloppies]
[MIPS]
[misbug]
[misfeature]
[Missed'em-five]
[missile address]
[miswart]
[moby]
[mockingbird]
[mod]
[mode]
[mode bit]
[modulo]
[molly-guard]
[Mongolian Hordes technique]
[monkey up]
[monkey, scratch]
[monstrosity]
[monty]
[Moof]
[Moore's Law]
[moose call]
[moria]
[MOTAS]
[MOTOS]
[MOTSS]
[mouse ahead]
[mouse around]
[mouse belt]
[mouse droppings]
[mouse elbow]
[mouso]
[MS-DOS]
[mu]
[MUD]
[muddie]
[mudhead]
[multician]
[Multics]
[multitask]
[mumblage]
[mumble]
[munch]
[munching]
[munching squares]
[munchkin]
[mundane]
[mung]
[munge]
[Murphy's Law]
[music]
[mutter]
N
[N]
[nadger]
[nagware]
[nailed to the wall]
[nailing jelly]
[naive]
[naive user]
[NAK]
[nano]
[nano-]
[nanoacre]
[nanobot]
[nanocomputer]
[nanofortnight]
[nanotechnology]
[nasal demons]
[nastygram]
[Nathan Hale]
[nature]
[neat hack]
[neats vs. scruffies]
[neep-neep]
[neophilia]
[net.-]
[net.god]
[net.personality]
[net.police]
[NetBOLLIX]
[netburp]
[netdead]
[nethack]
[netiquette]
[netlag]
[netnews]
[netrock]
[netsplit]
[netter]
[network address]
[network meltdown]
[network, the]
[New Jersey]
[New Testament]
[newbie]
[newgroup wars]
[newline]
[NeWS]
[news]
[newsfroup]
[newsgroup]
[nick]
[nickle]
[night mode]
[Nightmare File System]
[NIL]
[Ninety-Ninety Rule]
[NMI]
[no-op]
[noddy]
[NOMEX underwear]
[Nominal Semidestructor]
[non-optimal solution]
[nonlinear]
[nontrivial]
[not ready for prime time]
[notwork]
[NP-]
[nroff]
[NSA line eater]
[nude]
[nuke]
[number-crunching]
[numbers]
[NUXI problem]
[nybble]
[nyetwork]
O
[Ob-]
[Obfuscated C Contest]
[obi-wan error]
[Objectionable-C]
[obscure]
[octal forty]
[off the trolley]
[off-by-one error]
[offline]
[ogg]
[old fart]
[Old Testament]
[one-banana problem]
[one-line fix]
[one-liner wars]
[ooblick]
[op]
[open]
[Open DeathTrap]
[open switch]
[operating system]
[optical diff]
[optical grep]
[optimism]
[Orange Book]
[oriental food]
[orphan]
[orphaned i-node]
[orthogonal]
[OS]
[OS/2]
[out-of-band]
[overflow bit]
[overflow pdl]
[overrun]
[overrun screw]
P
[P-mail]
[P.O.D.]
[padded cell]
[page in]
[page out]
[pain in the net]
[paper-net]
[param]
[PARC]
[parent message]
[parity errors]
[Parkinson's Law of Data]
[parm]
[parse]
[Pascal]
[pastie]
[patch]
[patch space]
[path]
[pathological]
[payware]
[PBD]
[PC-ism]
[PD]
[PDL]
[pdl]
[PDP-10]
[PDP-20]
[peek]
[pencil and paper]
[peon]
[percent-S]
[perf]
[perfect programmer syndrome]
[Perl]
[person of no account]
[pessimal]
[pessimizing compiler]
[peta-]
[PETSCII]
[phage]
[phase]
[phase of the moon]
[phase-wrapping]
[phreaking]
[pico-]
[pig, run like a]
[pilot error]
[ping]
[Pink-Shirt Book]
[PIP]
[pistol]
[pizza box]
[pizza, ANSI standard]
[plaid screen]
[plain-ASCII]
[plan file]
[platinum-iridium]
[playpen]
[playte]
[plingnet]
[plokta]
[plonk]
[plugh]
[plumbing]
[PM]
[pnambic]
[pod]
[point-and-drool interface]
[poke]
[poll]
[polygon pusher]
[POM]
[pop]
[POPJ]
[post]
[postcardware]
[posting]
[postmaster]
[PostScript]
[pound on]
[power cycle]
[power hit]
[PPN]
[precedence lossage]
[prepend]
[prestidigitization]
[pretty pictures]
[prettyprint]
[pretzel key]
[prime time]
[printing discussion]
[priority interrupt]
[profile]
[proglet]
[program]
[Programmer's Cheer]
[programming]
[programming fluid]
[propeller head]
[propeller key]
[proprietary]
[protocol]
[provocative maintenance]
[prowler]
[pseudo]
[pseudoprime]
[pseudosuit]
[psychedelicware]
[psyton]
[pubic directory]
[puff]
[punched card]
[punt]
[Purple Book]
[purple wire]
[push]
Q
[quad]
[quadruple bucky]
[quantifiers]
[quantum bogodynamics]
[quarter]
[ques]
[quick-and-dirty]
[quine]
[quote chapter and verse]
[quotient]
[quux]
[qux]
[QWERTY]
R
[rabbit job]
[rain dance]
[rainbow series]
[random]
[random numbers]
[randomness]
[rape]
[rare mode]
[raster blaster]
[raster burn]
[rat belt]
[rave]
[rave on!]
[ravs]
[raw mode]
[rc file]
[RE]
[read-only user]
[README file]
[real]
[real estate]
[real hack]
[real operating system]
[Real Programmer]
[Real Soon Now]
[real time]
[real user]
[Real World]
[reality check]
[reaper]
[rectangle slinger]
[recursion]
[recursive acronym]
[Red Book]
[red wire]
[regexp]
[register dancing]
[reincarnation, cycle of]
[reinvent the wheel]
[religion of CHI]
[religious issues]
[replicator]
[reply]
[restriction]
[retcon]
[RETI]
[retrocomputing]
[return from the dead]
[RFC]
[RFE]
[rib site]
[rice box]
[Right Thing]
[RL]
[roach]
[robot]
[robust]
[rococo]
[rogue]
[room-temperature IQ]
[root]
[root mode]
[rot13]
[rotary debugger]
[round tape]
[RSN]
[RTBM]
[RTFAQ]
[RTFB]
[RTFM]
[RTFS]
[RTI]
[RTM]
[rude]
[runes]
[runic]
[rusty iron]
[rusty memory]
S
[S/N ratio]
[sacred]
[saga]
[sagan]
[SAIL]
[salescritter]
[salt]
[salt mines]
[salt substrate]
[same-day service]
[samizdat]
[samurai]
[sandbender]
[sandbox]
[sanity check]
[Saturday-night special]
[say]
[scag]
[scanno]
[schroedinbug]
[science-fiction fandom]
[scram switch]
[scratch]
[scratch monkey]
[scream and die]
[screaming tty]
[screw]
[screwage]
[scribble]
[scrog]
[scrool]
[scrozzle]
[scruffies]
[SCSI]
[ScumOS]
[search-and-destroy mode]
[second-system effect]
[secondary damage]
[security through obscurity]
[SED]
[segfault]
[seggie]
[segment]
[segmentation fault]
[segv]
[self-reference]
[selvage]
[semi]
[semi-infinite]
[senior bit]
[server]
[SEX]
[sex changer]
[shambolic link]
[sharchive]
[Share and enjoy!]
[shareware]
[shelfware]
[shell]
[shell out]
[shift left (or right) logical]
[shim]
[shitogram]
[short card]
[shotgun debugging]
[shovelware]
[showstopper]
[shriek]
[Shub-Internet]
[sidecar]
[SIG]
[sig block]
[sig quote]
[sig virus]
[signal-to-noise ratio]
[silicon]
[silly walk]
[silo]
[Silver Book]
[since time T equals minus infinity]
[sitename]
[skrog]
[skulker]
[slack]
[slap on the side]
[slash]
[sleep]
[slim]
[slop]
[slopsucker]
[slurp]
[smart]
[smart terminal]
[smash case]
[smash the stack]
[smiley]
[smoke]
[smoke and mirrors]
[smoke test]
[smoking clover]
[SMOP]
[smurf]
[SNAFU principle]
[snail]
[snail-mail]
[snap]
[snarf]
[snarf & barf]
[snarf down]
[snark]
[sneakernet]
[sniff]
[snivitz]
[SO]
[social engineering]
[social science number]
[soft boot]
[softcopy]
[software bloat]
[software laser]
[software rot]
[softwarily]
[softy]
[some random X]
[sorcerer's apprentice mode]
[SOS]
[source of all good bits]
[space-cadet keyboard]
[SPACEWAR]
[spaghetti code]
[spaghetti inheritance]
[spam]
[special-case]
[speedometer]
[spell]
[spelling flame]
[spiffy]
[spike]
[spin]
[spl]
[splash screen]
[splat]
[spod]
[spoiler]
[sponge]
[spoo]
[spooge]
[spool]
[spool file]
[square tape]
[stack]
[stack puke]
[stale pointer bug]
[state]
[steam-powered]
[stiffy]
[stir-fried random]
[stomp on]
[Stone Age]
[stone knives and bearskins]
[stoppage]
[store]
[strided]
[stroke]
[strudel]
[stubroutine]
[studly]
[studlycaps]
[stunning]
[stupid-sort]
[Stupids]
[Sturgeon's Law]
[sucking mud]
[sufficiently small]
[suit]
[suitable win]
[suitably small]
[sun lounge]
[sun-stools]
[sunspots]
[super source quench]
[superprogrammer]
[superuser]
[support]
[Suzie COBOL]
[swab]
[swap]
[swap space]
[swapped in]
[swapped out]
[swizzle]
[sync]
[syntactic salt]
[syntactic sugar]
[sys-frog]
[sysadmin]
[sysape]
[sysop]
[system]
[systems jock]
[system mangler]
[SysVile]
T
[T]
[tail recursion]
[talk mode]
[talker system]
[tall card]
[tanked]
[TANSTAAFL]
[tar and feather]
[taste]
[tayste]
[TCB]
[tea, ISO standard cup of]
[TechRef]
[TECO]
[tee]
[teledildonics]
[Telerat]
[TELNET]
[ten-finger interface]
[tense]
[tenured graduate student]
[tera-]
[teraflop club]
[terminak]
[terminal brain death]
[terminal illness]
[terminal junkie]
[terpri]
[test]
[TeX]
[text]
[thanks in advance]
[That's not a bug, that's a feature!]
[the X that can be Y is not the true X]
[theology]
[theory]
[thinko]
[This can't happen]
[This time, for sure!]
[thrash]
[thread]
[three-finger salute]
[thud]
[thumb]
[thunk]
[tick]
[tick-list features]
[tickle a bug]
[tiger team]
[time bomb]
[time sink]
[time T]
[times-or-divided-by]
[tip of the ice-cube]
[tired iron]
[tits on a keyboard]
[TLA]
[TMRC]
[TMRCie]
[to a first approximation]
[to a zeroth approximation]
[toast]
[toaster]
[toeprint]
[toggle]
[tool]
[toolsmith]
[topic drift]
[topic group]
[TOPS-10]
[TOPS-20]
[toto]
[tourist]
[tourist information]
[touristic]
[toy]
[toy language]
[toy problem]
[toy program]
[trampoline]
[trap]
[trap door]
[trash]
[trawl]
[tree-killer]
[treeware]
[trit]
[trivial]
[troff]
[troglodyte]
[troglodyte mode]
[Trojan horse]
[tron]
[true-hacker]
[tty]
[tube]
[tube time]
[tunafish]
[tune]
[turbo nerd]
[Turing tar-pit]
[turist]
[tweak]
[tweeter]
[TWENEX]
[twiddle]
[twilight zone]
[twink]
[twirling baton]
[two pi]
[two-to-the-N]
[twonkie]
U
[UBD]
[UN*X]
[undefined external reference]
[under the hood]
[undocumented feature]
[uninteresting]
[UNIX]
[UNIX brain damage]
[UNIX conspiracy]
[UNIX weenie]
[unixism]
[unleaded]
[unswizzle]
[unwind the stack]
[unwind-protect]
[up]
[upload]
[upthread]
[urchin]
[USENET]
[user]
[user-friendly]
[user-obsequious]
[USG UNIX]
[UTSL]
[UUCPNET]
V
[vadding]
[vanilla]
[vannevar]
[vaporware]
[var]
[VAX]
[VAXectomy]
[VAXen]
[vaxherd]
[vaxism]
[vaxocentrism]
[vdiff]
[veeblefester]
[ventilator card]
[Venus flytrap]
[verbage]
[verbiage]
[Version 7]
[vgrep]
[vi]
[videotex]
[virgin]
[virtual]
[virtual Friday]
[virtual reality]
[virtual shredder]
[virus]
[visionary]
[VMS]
[voice]
[voice-net]
[voodoo programming]
[VR]
[Vulcan nerve pinch]
[vulture capitalist]
W
[wabbit]
[WAITS]
[waldo]
[walk]
[walk off the end of]
[walking drives]
[wall]
[wall follower]
[wall time]
[wallpaper]
[wango]
[wank]
[wannabee]
[warlording]
[warm boot]
[wart]
[washing machine]
[water MIPS]
[wave a dead chicken]
[weasel]
[wedged]
[wedgie]
[wedgitude]
[weeble]
[weeds]
[weenie]
[Weenix]
[well-behaved]
[well-connected]
[wetware]
[whack]
[whacker]
[whales]
[whalesong]
[What's a spline?]
[wheel]
[wheel bit]
[wheel wars]
[White Book]
[whizzy]
[WIBNI]
[widget]
[wiggles]
[WIMP environment]
[win]
[win big]
[win win]
[Winchester]
[window shopping]
[Windoze]
[winged comments]
[winkey]
[winnage]
[winner]
[winnitude]
[wired]
[wirehead]
[wirewater]
[wish list]
[within delta of]
[within epsilon of]
[wizard]
[Wizard Book]
[wizard mode]
[wizardly]
[womb box]
[WOMBAT]
[wonky]
[woofer]
[workaround]
[working as designed]
[worm]
[wound around the axle]
[wrap around]
[write-only code]
[write-only language]
[write-only memory]
[Wrong Thing]
[wugga wugga]
[wumpus]
[WYSIAYG]
[WYSIWYG]
X
[X]
[XEROX PARC]
[XOFF]
[XON]
[xor]
[xref]
[XXX]
[xyzzy]
Y
[YA-]
[YABA]
[YAFIYGI]
[YAUN]
[Yellow Book]
[yellow wire]
[Yet Another]
[YKYBHTLW]
[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]
[zen]
[zero]
[zero-content]
[zeroth]
[zigamorph]
[zip]
[zipperhead]
[zombie]
[zorch]
[Zork]
[zorkmid]
['Snooze]
[(TM)]
[-oid]
[-ware]
[/dev/null]
[0]
[1TBS]
[120 reset]
[2]
[@-party]
[@Begin]
[\begin]
[(Lexicon Entries End Here)]
[Appendix A]
[The Meaning of `Hack']
[TV Typewriters]
[A Story About `Magic']
[A Selection of AI Koans]
[OS and JEDGAR]
[The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer]
[Appendix B]
[General Appearance]
[Dress]
[Reading Habits]
[Other Interests]
[Physical Activity and Sports]
[Education]
[Things Hackers Detest and Avoid]
[Food]
[Politics]
[Gender and Ethnicity]
[Religion]
[Ceremonial Chemicals]
[Communication Style]
[Geographical Distribution]
[Sexual Habits]
[Personality Characteristics]
[Weaknesses of the Hacker Personality]
[Miscellaneous]
[Appendix C]
[G"odel, Escher, Bach]
[Illuminatus!]
[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]
[The Tao of Programming]
[Hackers]
[The Devil's DP Dictionary]
[The Devouring Fungus]
[The Soul of a New Machine]
[Life with UNIX]
[True Names ... and Other Dangers]
[Cyberpunk]
[Technobabble]
[The Cuckoo's Egg]