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Jargon File
- bar /bar/ n.
1. [very common] The second
metasyntactic variable,
after foo and before
...." 2. Often appended to foo...
- bare metal n.
1. [common] New computer hardware,
unadorned with such snares and delusions as an operating...
- barf /barf/ n.,v.
[common; from mainstream slang
meaning `vomit'] 1.
interj. Term of disgust. This is the
closest hackish...
- barfmail n.
Multiple bounce messages accumulating to
the level of serious annoyance,
or worse. The sort of thing that
happens when an...
- barfulation /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ interj.
Variation of
barf used around the Stanford area.
An exclamation,
expressing disgust. On seeing some...
- barfulous /bar'fyoo-l*s/ adj.
(alt. `barfucious',
/bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make...
- barn n.
[uncommon; prob. from the nuclear military] An
unexpectedly large quantity of something:
a unit of measurement.
"Why is /var/adm taking...
- 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...
- baroque adj.
[common] Feature-encrusted; complex;
gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp...
- BASIC /bay'-sic/ n.
A programming language,
originally designed for Dartmouth's experimental timesharing system
in the early 1960s,
which for many years was the leading cause of
brain...
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