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• larval stage n. Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers.
  Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week...
• 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....
• hack mode n. 1. What one is in when hacking, of course.
  2. More specifically, a Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic)....
• erminal junkie: [UK] n. A {wannabee} or early {larval stage} hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering the directory tree and writing {noddy} programs just to get a fix of computer time.
  Variants include `terminal jockey', `console junkie', and {console jockey}....
• computer geek n. 1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living.
  One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hacke...
• erminal junkie n. [UK] A wannabee or early larval stage hacker who spends mos directory tree and writing noddy programs just to get a fix of computer time.
  Variants include `terminal jockey', `console junkie', and console jockey....
• 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....
• HAKMEM /hak'mem/ n. MIT AI Memo 239 (February 1972).
  A legendary collection of neat mathematical and programming hacks contributed by many people at MIT and elsewhere....
• TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs. 1. [originally an acronym for `[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector'
  later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n. A text editor developed at MIT and modified by just about everybody....