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• bible n. 1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as Knuth, K&
  R, or the Cam most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular language, operating system, or other complex software system....
• heavy wizardry: n. Code or designs that trade on a particularly intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system or language or complex application interface.
  Distinguished from {deep magic}, which trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge....
• ystem: n. 1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer.
  2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices, the supervisor program or OS, and possibly other software....
• 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 bugs quickly in an emergency....
• fascist: adj. 1. Said of a computer system with excessive or annoying security barriers, usage limits, or access policies.
  The implication is that said policies are preventing hackers from getting interesting work done....
• English: 1. n.,obs. The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler.
  The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favorite programming language is at least as readable as English....
• well-behaved: adj. 1. [primarily {{MS-DOS}}] Said of software conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
  Well-behaved software uses the operating system to do chores such as keyboard input, allocating memory and drawing graphics....
• OS: /O-S/ 1. [{Operating System}] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech.
  2. n.,obs. On ITS, an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}" (in {Appendix A})....
• Devil Book: n. "The Design and Implementation of the 4.
  3BSD UNIX Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J....