Jargon File

IYFEG // [Usenet] Abbreviation for `Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group'.
Used as a meta-name when telling ethnic jokes on the net to avoid offending anyone. See JEDR....
J. Random /J rand'm/ n. [common; generalized from J.
Random Hacker] Arbitrary; ordinary; any one; any old....
J. Random Hacker /J rand'm hak'r/ n. [very common] A mythical figure like the Unknown Soldie
he archetypal hacker nerd....
jack in v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or BBS, esp.
for purposes of entering a virtual reality simulation such as a MUD or IRC (leaving is "jacking out")....
jaggies /jag'eez/ n. The `stairstep' effect observable when an edge (esp.
a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display)....
JCL /J-C-L/ n. 1. IBM's supremely rude Job Control Language.
JCL is the script language used to control the execution of programs in IBM's batch systems....
JEDR // n. Synonymous with IYFEG. At one time, people in the Usenet newsgroup rec.
humor.funny tended to use `JEDR' instead of IYFEG or `&l...
jello n. [Usene
jiffy n. 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer (see tick).
Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the U....

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