:zen: vt. To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash
of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally
applied to problems of life in general. "How'd you figure out the
buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." Contrast {grok},
which connotes a time-extended version of zenning a system.
Compare {hack mode}. See also {guru}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally
applied to problems of life in general. "How'd you figure out the
buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." Contrast {grok},
which connotes a time-extended version of zenning a system.
Compare {hack mode}. See also {guru}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- zen vt.
To figure out something by meditation or by a
sudden flash of enlightenment.
Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally applied... - glark: /glark/ vt. To figure something out from context.
"The System III manuals are pretty poor, but you... - grok: /grok/, var. /grohk/ [from the novel "Stranger in
a Strange Land",
by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word ... - RTFM: /R-T-F-M/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Manual'.
1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they consider... - glark /glark/ vt.
To figure something out from context.
"The System III manuals are pretty poor, but you can... - guru meditation: n. Amiga equivalent of `panic' in UNIX
(sometimes just called a `guru' or `guru event').
When the system crashes, a cryptic message of the... - grok /grok/, var. /grohk/ vt.
[from the novel
"Stranger in a Strange Land",
by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word... - wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software
or hardware works (that is,
who {grok}s it); esp. someone who can find and fix... - firefighting: n. 1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden
operational problems.
An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new...
From the same category:
- In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments -
there are consequences. -- Robert Ingersoll (Lectures... - Canada Bill Jone's Motto:
It's morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
Supplement: A .44 magnum beats four aces... - If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker,
It is slick to stick a lock upon your stock.
Or some joker who is slicker, Will trick you of your... - It's the end,
but the moment has been prepared for... - Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the
most beloved.
-...
