:house wizard: [prob. from ad-agency tradetalk, `house freak']
n. A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems
position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can
have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and
still not have to wear a suit. Used esp. of UNIX wizards. The
term `house guru' is equivalent.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
n. A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems
position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can
have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and
still not have to wear a suit. Used esp. of UNIX wizards. The
term `house guru' is equivalent.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- house wizard n.
[prob. from ad-agency tradetalk,
`house freak'] A hacker occupying a technical-specialist... - guru: n. [UNIX] An expert. Implies not only {wizard} skill but
also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.
Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts... - 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... - exec: /eg-zek'/ vt., n. 1. [UNIX: from `execute'] Synonym for
{chain},
derives from the `exec(2)' call. 2. [from `executive']... - wizard mode: [from {rogue}] n. A special access mode of a
program or system,
usually passworded, that permits some users godlike... - 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... - WIZARD n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or
hardware works;
someone who can find and fix his bugs in an emergency... - kahuna: /k*-hoo'n*/ [IBM: from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] n.
Synonym for {wizard}, {guru}. -- The AI Hackers... - wannabee /won'*-bee/ n.
(also, more plausibly, spelled
`wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans
who dress,
talk, and act like their idol; prob. originally from...
From the same category:
- A box of punchcards could theoretically store 240,000 bytes of information,
and usually stored less than 80,000. Think about... - I'd better get off the phone now,
I've already told you more than I heard myself.
Loretta... - Whom the gods would destroy,
they first teach MS-DOS... - Tell 'em about the pilot who called Air Traffic Control wanting to know
what time it was.
The controller asked, "what airline was that request... - But all in good time.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
-
Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap....
