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ead-only user n. Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or email, rather than writing code or purveying useful information.
See...
README file n.
eal adj. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to virtual in any of its jargon senses.
eal estate n. May be used for any critical resource measured in units of area.
eal hack n. A crock. This is sometimes used affectionately; see hack.
eal operating system n. The sort the speaker is used to.
People from the BSDophilic academic community are likely to issue comments like "System V?...
Real Programmer n. [indirectly, from the book "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche"] A particular sub-variety of hacke
one possessed of a flippant attitude toward complexity that is arrogant eve...
Real Soon Now adv. [orig. from SF's fanzine community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's column in "BYTE"] 1.
Supposed to be available (or fixed, or cheap, or whatever) real soon now accord...
eal time 1. [techspeak] adj. Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds).
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eal user n. 1. A commercial user. One who is paying real money for his computer usage.
2. A non-hacker....

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