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oglodyte mode n.
Trojan horse n.
oll v.,n. 1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.
urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flame...
Troll-O-Meter n. Common Usenet jargon for a notional instrument used to measure the quality of a Usenet troll.
Come on, everyone! If the above doesn't set off the Troll-O-Meter, we're go...
on v. [NRL, CMU; prob. fr. the movie "Tron"] To become inaccessible except via email or talk(1), especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person.
Frequently used i...
ue-hacker n. [analogy with `trufan' from SF fandom] One who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture, esp.
competence and helpfulness to other hackers. A high compliment. "He...
y /T-T-Y/, /tit'ee/ n. The latter pronunciation was primarily ITS, but some Unix people say it this way as well
his pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones. 1. A term...
ube 1. n. A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV
eal hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons, Rocky &...
ube time n. Time spent at a terminal or console.
More inclusive than hacking time; commonly used in discussions of what parts of one's environment one uses most heavily....
unafish n. In hackish lore, refers to the mutated punchline of an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the manual pages of tunefs(8) in the original BSD 4.
2 distribution. The joke w...

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