lord high fixer n.
[primarily British, from Gilbert &
Sullivan's `lord high executioner'] The person in an organization
who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
[primarily British, from Gilbert &
Sullivan's `lord high executioner'] The person in an organization
who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
Related:
- lord high fixer: [primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan's
`lord high executioner'] n.
The person in an organization who knows the most... - 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... - 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... - mudhead n.
Commonly used to refer to a MUD player who
eats,
sleeps, and breathes MUD. Mudheads have been known... - I have taken the liberty, ma'am, of drawing up a list of suitable
candidates.
Good-oh. Let's hear it. Ahem. List..for the Post..of... - Commonwealth Hackish n.
Hacker jargon as spoken in
English outside the U.S.
esp. in the British Commonwealth. It is reported... - WIZARD n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or
hardware works;
someone who can find and fix his bugs in an emergency... - dump n.
1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information
about a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - dump: n. 1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about
a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output...
From the same category:
- frednet /fred'net/ n.
Used to refer to some random
and uncommon protocol encountered on a network.
"We're implementing bridging in our router to solve... - J. Random Hacker /J rand'm hak'r/ n.
[very common] A
mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier;
the archetypal hacker nerd. This term is one of... - forum n.
[Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums']
Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS,
a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see postings for... - backbone cabal n.
A group of large-site administrators who
pushed through the Great Renaming and reined in the chaos of
Usenet during most of the 1980s.
During most of its lifetime, the... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's...
