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• Hacking X for Y: [ITS] n. Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user.
  This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields....
• plan file n. [Unix] On systems that support finger, the `.
  plan' file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered....
• finger [WAITS, via BSD Unix] 1. n. A program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system.
  Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable)....
• finger: [WAITS, via BSD UNIX] 1. n. A program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system.
  Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable)....
• green bytes n. (also `green words') 1. Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name
  as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file or record....
• green bytes: n. (also `green words') 1. Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name
  as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file or record....
• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• demoscene /dem'oh-seen/ [also `demo scene'] A culture of multimedia hackers located primarily in Scandinavia and northern Europe.
  Demoscene folklore recounts that when old-time warez d00dz cracked some piece of advertisement of in the beginning, usually containing colorful display hacks with greetings to other cracking groups....
• operating system n. [techspeak] (Often abbreviated `OS') The foundation software of a machine
  hat which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user between applications....