• 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...
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  • Jargon or technical language is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is normally employed in a particular...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • SEX (computing) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Jargon File)
    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...
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    technical community insist the latter is the correct usage, as in the Jargon File definition. Sometimes, "hacker" is simply used synonymously with "geek":...
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    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...
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  • greeting that required several character constants for its expression. The Jargon File reports that "hello, world" instead originated in 1967 with the language...
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    Gzip (redirect from Gzip (file format))
    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...
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    Blinkenlights (category Computer jargon)
    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...
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