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• old fart n. Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with remarkable frequency by (esp.
  ) Usenetters who have been programming for more than about 25 yea...
• ig block: /sig blok/ [UNIX; often written `.sig' there] n.
  Short for `signature', used specifically to refer to the electronic signature block that most UNIX mail- and news-posting software will {automagically} append to outgoing mail and news....
• oglodyte: [Commodore] n. 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle.
  The term `Gnoll' (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported....
• foo /foo/ 1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp.
  programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples....
• killer micro n. [popularized by Eugene Brooks] A microprocessor-based machine that infringes on mini, mainframe, or supercomputer performance turf.
  Often heard in "No one will survive the attack of the killer micros!...
• wannabee /won'*-bee/ n. (also, more plausibly, spelled `wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans who dress, talk, and act like their idol
  prob. originally from biker slang] A would-be hacker....
• multitask: n. Often used of humans in the same meaning it has for computers, to describe a person doing several things at once (but see {thrash}).
  The term `multiplex', from communications technology (meaning to handle more than one channel at the same time), is used similarly....
• BIFF: /bif/ [USENET] n. The most famous {pseudo}, and the prototypical {newbie}.
  Articles from BIFF are characterized by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, `cute' misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE"S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!...
• hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1.
  A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary....