con n.
[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional
meetings. This term, unlike many others imported from SF-fan
slang, is widely recognized even by hackers who aren't
fans. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we
met face-to-face at a con."
[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional
meetings. This term, unlike many others imported from SF-fan
slang, is widely recognized even by hackers who aren't
fans. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we
met face-to-face at a con."
Related:
- con: [from SF fandom] n. A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as... - fan: n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction,
especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang... - fan n.
Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction,
especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out... - oid suff.
[from Greek suffix -oid = `in the image
of'] 1.
Used as in mainstream slang English to indicate a poor... - science-fiction fandom n.
Another voluntary subculture
having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - party /at'par`tee/ n.
[from the @-sign in an Internet
address] (alt.
`@-sign party' /at'si:n par`tee/) A semi-closed... - BNF /B-N-F/ n.
1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus
Normal Form' (often incorrectly expanded as `Backus-Naur
Form'),
a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax... - network address: n. (also `net address') As used by hackers,
means an address on `the' network (see {network, the}... - 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...
