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cow orker n. [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal.
This term was popularized by Scott Adams (the creator of Di...
cowboy n. [Sun, from William Gibson's cyberpunk SF] Synonym for hacker.
It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence....
CP/M /C-P-M/ n. [Control Program/Monito
CPU Wars /C-P-U worz/ n.
crack root v. [very common] To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby
ee cracking....
cracker n. One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca.
1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q....
cracking n. [very common] The act of breaking into a computer system
what a cracker does....
crank vt. [from automotive slang] Verb used to describe the performance of a machine, especially sustained performance.
This box cranks (or, cranks at) about 6 megaflops, with a burst mode...
crapplet n. [portmanteau, crap + applet] A worthless applet, esp.
a Java widget attached to a web page that doesn't work or even crashes your browser....
CrApTeX /krap'tekh/ n. [University of York, England] Term of abuse used to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else).
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