mundane n.
[from SF fandom] 1. A person who is not in
science fiction fandom. 2. A person who is not in the computer
industry. In this sense, most often an adjectival modifier as in
"in my mundane life...." See also Real World.
[from SF fandom] 1. A person who is not in
science fiction fandom. 2. A person who is not in the computer
industry. In this sense, most often an adjectival modifier as in
"in my mundane life...." See also Real World.
Related:
- mundane: [from SF fandom] n. 1. A person who is not in science
fiction fandom.
2. A person who is not in the computer industry. ... - science-fiction fandom n.
Another voluntary subculture
having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - science-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a
very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - con n.
[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional... - lurker n.
One of the `silent majority' in a electronic
forum;
one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known... - Real World n.
1. Those institutions at which
`programming' may be used in the same sentence as `FORTRAN',
`COBOL', `RPG', `IBM', `DBASE', etc. Places where... - Real World: n. 1. Those institutions at which `programming' may
be used in the same sentence as `FORTRAN',
`{COBOL}', `RPG', `{IBM}', `DBASE', etc. Places... - neep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom]
n.
One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific... - Sturgeon's Law prov.
"Ninety percent of everything is
crap".
Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore...
From the same category:
- dark-side hacker n.
A criminal or malicious hacker;
a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced... - xref /X'ref/ v.,n.
Hackish standard abbreviation for `cross-reference'... - washing software n.
The process of recompiling a software distribution... - syntactic sugar n.
[coined by Peter Landin] Features added
to a language or other formalism to make it `sweeter' for
humans,
features which do not affect the expressiveness of... - char /keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ n.
Shorthand for
`character'.
Esp. used by C programmers, as `char' is C's typename...
