:con: [from SF fandom] n. A science-fiction convention. Not used
of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This
term, unlike many others of SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even
by hackers who aren't {fan}s. "We'd been corresponding on the
net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This
term, unlike many others of SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even
by hackers who aren't {fan}s. "We'd been corresponding on the
net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- con: [from SF fandom] n. A science-fiction convention.
Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as... - fan: n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction,
especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang... - fan n.
Without qualification, indicates a fan of science
fiction,
especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out... - science-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a
very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - mundane: [from SF fandom] n. 1. A person who is not in science
fiction fandom.
2. A person who is not in the computer industry. ... - science-fiction fandom n.
Another voluntary subculture
having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom;
most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly... - BNF /B-N-F/ n.
1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus
Normal Form' (often incorrectly expanded as `Backus-Naur
Form'),
a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax... - neep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom]
n.
One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific... - network address: n. (also `net address') As used by hackers,
means an address on `the' network (see {network, the}...
