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• kit n. [Usenet; poss. fr. DEC slang for a full software distributio
  as opposed to a patch or upgrade] A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level README file....
• README file: n. Hacker's-eye introduction traditionally included in the top-level directory of a UNIX source distributio
  containing a pointer to more detailed documentation, credits, miscellaneous revision history, notes, etc....
• README file n. Hacker's-eye introduction traditionally included in the top-level directory of a Unix source distributio
  containing a pointer to more detailed documentation, credits, miscellaneous revision history, notes, etc....
• distribution: n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
  but see {kit}. 2. A vague term encompassing mailing lists and USENET newsgroups (but not {BBS} {fora})...
• distribution n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
  but see kit. Since about 1996 unqualified use of this term often implies `Linux distribution'....
• unafish: n. In hackish lore, refers to the mutated punchline of an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the manual pages of `tunefs(8)' in the original {BSD} 4.
  2 distribution. The joke was removed in later releases once commercial sites started using 4....
• freeze: v. To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability.
  Carries the strong implication that the item in question will `unfreeze' at some future date....
• washing software n. The process of recompiling a software distribution (used more often when the recompilation is occuring from scratch) to pick up and merge together all of the various changes that have been made to the source.
• hovelware: /shuh'v*l-weir`/ n. Extra software dumped onto a CD-ROM or tape to fill up the remaining space on the medium after the software distribution it's intended to carry
  but not integrated with the distribution. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...