science-fiction fandom n.
Another voluntary subculture
having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom; most hackers read SF
and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF
conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as
the Society for Creative Anachronism. Some hacker jargon
originated in SF fandom; see defenestration, great-wall
cyberpunk, h, ha ha only serio
mundane, neep-neep, Real Soon N
the jargon terms cowboy, cyberspace, de-r
wirehead, and worm originated in SF stories.
Another voluntary subculture
having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom; most hackers read SF
and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF
conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as
the Society for Creative Anachronism. Some hacker jargon
originated in SF fandom; see defenestration, great-wall
cyberpunk, h, ha ha only serio
mundane, neep-neep, Real Soon N
the jargon terms cowboy, cyberspace, de-r
wirehead, and worm originated in SF stories.
Related:
- science-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a
very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - 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... - 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. ... - neep-neep /neep neep/ n.
[onomatopoeic, widely spread
through SF fandom but reported to have originated at Caltech in the
1970s] One who is fascinated by computers.
Less specific than hacker, as it need not imply... - neep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom]
n.
One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific... - con n.
[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional... - con: [from SF fandom] n. A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as... - Sturgeon's Law: prov. "Ninety percent of everything is crap".
Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore... - Sturgeon's Law prov.
"Ninety percent of everything is
crap".
Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore...
From the same category:
- dumb terminal n.
A terminal that is one step above a
glass tty,
having a minimally addressable cursor but no on... - barney n.
In Commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to
fred (sense #1) as bar is to foo.
That is, pe who commonly use `fred' as their first... - JCL /J-C-L/ n.
1. IBM's supremely rude Job Control
Language.
JCL is the script language used to control the execution... - Life is hard prov.
[XEROX PARC] This phrase has two
possible interpretations:
(1) "While your suggestion may have some merit,... - selvage /sel'v*j/ n.
[from sewing and weaving] See chad (sense 1)...
