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Mangler: [DEC] N. A Manager. Compare {mango}; See Also {management}.
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:mangler: [DEC] n. A manager. Compare {mango}; see also
{management}. Note that {system mangler} is somewhat different
in connotation.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
mangler n. [DEC] A manager. Compare management.
Note that system mangler is somewhat different in connotation....
mango: /mang'go/ [orig. in-house jargon at Symbolics] n.
A manager. Compare {mangler}. See also {devo} and {doco}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
doco: /do'koh/ [orig. in-house jargon at Symbolics] n.
A documentation writer. See also {devo} and {mango}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
munching: n. Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for thrills, notoriety, or to annoy the system manager.
Compare {cracker}. See also {hacked off}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
ystem mangler: n. Humorous synonym for `system manager', poss.
from the fact that one major IBM OS had a {root} account called SYSMANGR....
devo: /dee'voh/ [orig. in-house jargon at Symbolics] n.
A person in a development group. See also {doco} and {mango}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
admin: /ad-min'/ n. Short for `administrator'; very commonly used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person in charge on a computer.
Common constructions on this include `sysadmin' and `site admin' (emphasizing the administrator's role as a site contact for email and news) or `newsadmin' (focusing specifically on news)....
padded cell: n. Where you put {luser}s so they can't hurt anything.
A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted subset of the capabilities of the host system (for example, the `rsh(1)' utility on USG UNIX)....
bogometer: /boh-gom'-*t-er/ n. A notional instrument for measuring {bogosity}.
Compare the `wankometer' described in the {wank} entry...