Related:

• ding n.,vi. 1. Synonym for feep. Usage: rare among hackers, but commoner in the Real World.
  2. `dinged': What happens when someone in authority gives you a minor bitching about something, esp....
• feep: /feep/ 1. n. The soft electronic `bell' sound of a display terminal (except for a VT-52)
  a beep (in fact, the microcomputer world seems to prefer {beep})....
• ale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp.
  among microcomputer hackers. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• bum: 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity.
  I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code....
• board: n. 1. In-context synonym for {bboard}; sometimes used even for USENET newsgroups (but see usage note under {bboard}, sense 1).
  2. An electronic circuit board. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• gritch: /grich/ 1. n. A complaint (often caused by a {glitch}).
  2. vi. To complain. Often verb-doubled: "Gritch gritch"....
• beep: n.,v. Syn. {feep}. This term seems to be preferred among micro hobbyists.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• eal user: n. 1. A commercial user. One who is paying *real* money for his computer usage.
  2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose (a research project, a course, etc....
• 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....