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• eal user n. 1. A commercial user. One who is paying real money for his computer usage.
  2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose (a research project, a course, etc....
• user n. 1. Someone doing `real work' with the computer, using it as a means rather than an end.
  Someone who pays to use a computer. See real user....
• front end: n. 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a `back end').
  2. What you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone who is making replies without paying attention....
• winner: 1. n. An unexpectedly good situation, program, programmer, or person.
  2. `real winner': Often sarcastic, but also used as high praise (see also the note under {user})....
• winner 1. n. An unexpectedly good situation, program, programmer, or person.
  2. `real winner': Often sarcastic, but also used as high praise (see also the note under user)....
• oftware rot n. Term used to describe the tendency of software that has not been used in a while to lose
  uch failure may be semi-humorously ascribed to bit rot....
• Macintrash: /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface.
  The term {maggotbox} has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
• IRC: /I-R-C/ [Internet Relay Chat] n. A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• luser: /loo'zr/ n. A {user}; esp. one who is also a {loser}.
  ({luser} and {loser} are pronounced identically....