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• DRECNET /drek'net/ n. [from Yiddish/German `dreck', meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMS community.
  So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible....
• EBCDIC:: /eb's*-dik/, /eb'see`dik/, or /eb'k*-dik/ [abbreviation, Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code] n.
  An alleged character set used on IBM {dinosaur}s....
• EBCDIC /eb's*-dik/, /eb'see`dik/, or /eb'k*-dik/ n.
  [abbreviation, Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code] An alleged character set used on IBM dinosaurs....
• Fight-o-net: [FidoNet] n. Deliberate distortion of {FidoNet}, often applied after a flurry of {flamage} in a particular {echo}, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews (see {'Snooze}).
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• mudhead: n. Commonly used to refer to a {MUD} player who eats, sleeps, and breathes MUD.
  Mudheads have been known to fail their degrees, drop out, etc....
• gender mender: n. A cable connector shell with either two male or two female connectors on i
  used to correct the mismatches that result when some {loser} didn't understand the RS232C specification and the distinction between DTE and DCE....
• all card: n. A PC/AT-size expansion card (these can be larger than IBM PC or XT cards because the AT case is bigger).
  See also {short card}. When IBM introduced the PS/2 model 30 (its last gasp at supporting the ISA) they made the case lower and many industry-standard tall cards wouldn't fi...
• VMS: /V-M-S/ n. DEC's proprietary operating system for its VAX minicompute
  one of the seven or so environments that loom largest in hacker folklore....
• glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1.
  . A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function....