old fart n.
Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with
remarkable frequency by (esp.) Usenetters who have been
programming for more than about 25 years; often appears in sig blocks attached to Jargon Fi
archeological significance. This is a term of insult in the second
or third person but one of pride in first person.
Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with
remarkable frequency by (esp.) Usenetters who have been
programming for more than about 25 years; often appears in sig blocks attached to Jargon Fi
archeological significance. This is a term of insult in the second
or third person but one of pride in first person.
Related:
- old fart: n. Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with remarkable
frequency by (esp.) USENETters who have been programming for more
than about 25 years;
often appears in {sig block}s attached to Jargon... - 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... - killer micro n.
[popularized by Eugene Brooks] A
microprocessor-based machine that infringes on mini,
mainframe, or supercomputer performance turf. Often... - moby /moh'bee/
[MIT: seems to have been in use among
model railroad fans years ago.
Derived from Melville's "Moby Dick" (some say from... - foo /foo/
1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very
common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely
anything,
esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First... - Long's Notes
1) Always store beer in a dark place.
2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until... - hacker n.
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an
axe] 1.
A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable... - stack n.
The set of things a person has to do in the
future.
One speaks of the next project to be attacked as having... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's...
From the same category:
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1. [common] Lacking any complex internal
structure.
"That bitty box has only a flat filesystem, not a ... - jack in v.
To log on to a machine or connect to a network
or BBS,
esp. for purposes of entering a virtual reality ... - C n.
1. The third letter of the English alphabet.
2. ASCII 1000011. 3. The name of a programming... - indent style n.
[C, C++, and Java programmers] The rules
one uses to indent code in a readable fashion.
There are four major C indent styles, described... - EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n.
An executable
binary file.
Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and ...
