fan n.
Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction, especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out
with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been
imported from fannish slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it
is recognized by most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the
plural is correctly `fen', but this usage is not automatic to
hackers. "Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a
fan."
Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction, especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out
with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been
imported from fannish slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it
is recognized by most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the
plural is correctly `fen', but this usage is not automatic to
hackers. "Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a
fan."
Related:
- fan: n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction,
especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang... - 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... - propeller head n.
Used by hackers, this is syn. with
computer geek.
Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies... - oid suff.
[from Greek suffix -oid = `in the image
of'] 1.
Used as in mainstream slang English to indicate a poor... - propeller head: n. Used by hackers, this is syn. with {computer
geek}.
Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies... - oid: [from `android'] suff. 1. Used as in mainstream English to
indicate a poor imitation,
a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus... - How many
furfen
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. One to climb up the ladder and change the light... - neophilia: /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and
pleased by novelty.
Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members...
From the same category:
- octal forty /ok'tl for'tee/ n.
Hackish way of saying
"I'm drawing a blank." Octal 40 is the ASCII space
character,
0100000; by an odd coincidence, hex 40 (01000000) ... - OSS
Written-only acronym for "Open Source Software" (see
open source.
This is a rather ugly TLA, and the principals in... - slopsucker /slop'suhk-r/ n.
A lowest-priority task that
waits around until everything else has `had its fill' of machine
resources.
Only when the machine would otherwise be idle is the... - Snooze /snooz/ [FidoNet] n.
Fidonews, the weekly
official on-line newsletter of FidoNet.
As the editorial policy of Fidonews is "anything... - pistol n.
[IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to
shoot yourself in the foot.
"Unix rm * makes such a nice pistol...
