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• ue-hacker n. [analogy with `trufan' from SF fandom] One who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture, esp.
  competence and helpfulness to other hackers. A high compliment....
• True Names ... and Other Dangers: Vernor Vinge Baen Books, 1987 ISBN 0-671-65363-6 Hacker demigod Richard Stallman believes the title story of this book "expresses the spirit of hacking best".
  This may well be true; it's certainly difficult to recall a better job....
• demigod: n. A hacker with years of experience, a national reputatio
  and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community....
• eep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom] n.
  One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific than {hacker}, as it need not imply more skill than is required to boot games on a PC....
• hackish: /hak'ish/ adj. (also {hackishness} n.) 1. Said of something that is or involves a hack.
  2. Of or pertaining to hackers or the hacker subculture....
• cowboy: [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] n.
  Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence....
• bells and whistles: [by analogy with the toyboxes on theater organs] n.
  Features added to a program or system to make it more {flavorful} from a hacker's point of view, without necessarily adding to its utility for its primary function....
• dark-side hacker: n. A criminal or malicious hacke
  a {cracker}. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force"....
• wirehead: /wi:r'hed/ n. [prob. from SF slang for an electrical-brain-stimulation addict] 1.
  A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on communications hardware....