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Mutter: Vt. To Quietly Enter A Command Not Meant For The Ears, Eyes, Or Fingers Of Ordinary Mortals.
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:mutter: vt. To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes,
or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in `mutter an
{incantation}'. See also {wizard}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
mutter vt. To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals.
Often used in `mutter an incantation'. See also wizard....
incantation: n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result.
Not used of passwords or other explicit security features....
wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who {grok}s it)
esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency....
incantation n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result.
Not used of passwords or other explicit security features....
wizard n. 1. Transitively, a person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who groks it)
esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency....
frob: /frob/ 1. n. [MIT] The {TMRC} definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnio
by metaphoric extension, a `frob' is any random small thing...
guru: n. [UNIX] An expert. Implies not only {wizard} skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.
Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts on other systems, as in `VMS guru'....
muddie: n. Syn. {mudhead}. More common in Great Britain, possibly because system administrators there like to mutter "bloody muddies" when annoyed at the species.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
geef: v. [ostensibly from `gefingerpoken'] vt. Syn.
{mung}. See also {blinkenlights}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...