:kahuna: /k*-hoo'n*/ [IBM: from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] n.
Synonym for {wizard}, {guru}.
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Synonym for {wizard}, {guru}.
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Related:
- kahuna /k*-hoo'n*/ n.
[IBM:
from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] Synonym for... - glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}.
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The AI Hackers... - sniff: v.,n. Synonym for {poll}.
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The AI Hackers... - meatware: n. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common.
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The AI Hackers... - source of all good bits: n. A person from whom (or a place from
which) useful information may be obtained.
If you need to know about a program, a {guru} might... - guru: n. [UNIX] An expert. Implies not only {wizard} skill but
also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.
Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts... - cowboy: [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] n.
Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun... - open switch: [IBM: prob. from railroading] n. An unresolved
question,
issue, or problem. -- The AI Hackers... - stale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp.
among microcomputer hackers. -- The AI Hackers...
From the same category:
- Base Envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring,... - The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant
with death and an agreement with hell.
William Lloyd Garrison (1804-1879) -- Resolution adopted... - When in doubt, tell the truth.
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Mark Twain (1835... - What can you do at 3 AM? Psssttt -
got a modem?... - Pauca sed matura.
(Few but excellent.) --...
