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- (TM)
- -fu
- -oid
- -ware
- /dev/null
- /me
- 0
- 1TBS
- 2
- 404
- 404 compliant
- @-party
A (back to top)
- abbrev
- ABEND
- accumulator
- ACK
- Acme
- ad-hockery
- address harvester
- adger
- admin
- ADVENT
- adware
- AFAIK
- AFJ
- AFK
- AI
- AI-complete
- airplane rule
- Alderson loop
- aliasing bug
- Alice and Bob
- All hardware sucks, all software sucks.
- all your base are belong to us
- alpha geek
- alpha particles
- alt
- alt bit
- Aluminum Book
- ambimouseterous
- Amiga
- Amiga Persecution Complex
- amp off
- amper
- and there was much rejoicing
- Angband
- angle brackets
- angry fruit salad
- annoybot
- annoyware
- ANSI standard
- ANSI standard pizza
- anti-idiotarianism
- AOL!
- app
- Archimedes
- arena
- arg
- ARMM
- armor-plated
- asbestos
- asbestos cork award
- asbestos longjohns
- ASCII
- ASCII art
- ASCIIbetical order
- astroturfing
- atomic
- attoparsec
- Aunt Tillie
- AUP
- autobogotiphobia
- autoconfiscate
- automagically
- avatar
- awk
B (back to top)
- B1FF
- B5
- back door
- backbone cabal
- backbone site
- backgammon
- background
- backreference
- backronym
- backward combatability
- BAD
- Bad and Wrong
- Bad Thing
- bag on the side
- bagbiter
- bagbiting
- baggy pantsing
- balloonian variable
- bamf
- banana problem
- bandwidth
- bang
- bang on
- bang path
- banner
- banner ad
- banner site
- bar
- bare metal
- barf
- barfmail
- barfulation
- barfulous
- barn
- barney
- baroque
- BASIC
- batbelt
- batch
- bathtub curve
- Batman factor
- baud
- baz
- bazaar
- bboard
- BBS
- BCPL
- BDFL
- beam
- beanie key
- beep
- Befunge
- beige toaster
- bells and whistles
- bells whistles and gongs
- benchmark
- Berkeley Quality Software
- Berzerkeley
- beta
- BFI
- BI
- bible
- BiCapitalization
- biff
- big iron
- Big Red Switch
- Big Room
- big win
- big-endian
- bignum
- bigot
- bikeshedding
- binary four
- bit
- bit bang
- bit bashing
- bit bucket
- bit decay
- bit rot
- bit twiddling
- bit-paired keyboard
- bitblt
- bits
- bitty box
- bixie
- black art
- black hat
- black hole
- black magic
- Black Screen of Death
- blammo
- blargh
- blast
- blat
- bletch
- bletcherous
- blinkenlights
- blit
- blitter
- blivet
- bloatware
- BLOB
- block
- blog
- Bloggs Family
- blogosphere
- blogrolling
- blow an EPROM
- blow away
- blow out
- blow past
- blow up
- BLT
- blue box
- Blue Glue
- blue goo
- Blue Screen of Death
- blue wire
- blurgle
- BNF
- boa
- board
- boat anchor
- bob
- bodge
- BOF
- BOFH
- bogo-sort
- bogometer
- BogoMIPS
- bogon
- bogon filter
- bogon flux
- bogosity
- bogotify
- bogue out
- bogus
- Bohr bug
- boink
- bomb
- bondage-and-discipline language
- bonk/oif
- book titles
- boot
- Borg
- borken
- bot
- bottom feeder
- bottom-post
- bottom-up implementation
- bounce
- bounce message
- boustrophedon
- box
- boxed comments
- boxen
- boxology
- bozotic
- brain dump
- brain fart
- brain-damaged
- brain-dead
- braino
- brainwidth
- bread crumbs
- break
- break-even point
- breath-of-life packet
- breedle
- Breidbart Index
- brick
- bricktext
- bring X to its knees
- brittle
- broadcast storm
- broken
- broken arrow
- broken-ring network
- BrokenWindows
- broket
- Brooks's Law
- brown-paper-bag bug
- browser
- BRS
- brute force
- brute force and ignorance
- BSD
- BSOD
- BUAF
- BUAG
- bubble sort
- bucky bits
- buffer chuck
- buffer overflow
- bug
- bug-compatible
- bug-for-bug compatible
- bug-of-the-month club
- bulletproof
- bullschildt
- bump
- burble
- buried treasure
- burn a CD
- burn-in period
- burst page
- busy-wait
- buzz
- buzzword-compliant
- BWQ
- by hand
- byte
- byte sex
- bytesexual
- Bzzzt! Wrong.
C (back to top)
- C
- C Programmer's Disease
- C&C
- C++
- calculator
- Camel Book
- camelCase
- camelCasing
- can't happen
- cancelbot
- Cancelmoose[tm]
- candygrammar
- canonical
- careware
- cargo cult programming
- cascade
- case and paste
- case mod
- casters-up mode
- casting the runes
- cat
- catatonic
- cathedral
- cd tilde
- CDA
- cdr
- chad
- chad box
- chain
- chainik
- channel
- channel hopping
- channel op
- chanop
- char
- charityware
- chase pointers
- chawmp
- check
- cheerfully
- chemist
- Chernobyl chicken
- Chernobyl packet
- chicken head
- chickenboner
- chiclet keyboard
- Chinese Army technique
- choad
- choke
- chomp
- chomper
- CHOP
- Christmas tree
- Christmas tree packet
- chrome
- chug
- Church of the SubGenius
- CI$
- Cinderella Book
- Classic C
- clean
- click of death
- CLM
- clobber
- clock
- clocks
- clone
- clone-and-hack coding
- clover key
- clue-by-four
- clustergeeking
- co-lo
- coaster
- coaster toaster
- COBOL
- COBOL fingers
- cobweb site
- code
- code grinder
- code monkey
- Code of the Geeks
- code police
- codes
- codewalker
- coefficient of X
- cokebottle
- cold boot
- COME FROM
- comm mode
- command key
- comment out
- Commonwealth Hackish
- compact
- compiler jock
- compo
- compress
- Compu$erve
- computer confetti
- computron
- con
- condition out
- condom
- confuser
- connector conspiracy
- cons
- considered harmful
- console
- console jockey
- content-free
- control-C
- control-O
- control-Q
- control-S
- Conway's Law
- cookbook
- cooked mode
- cookie
- cookie bear
- cookie file
- cookie jar
- cookie monster
- copious free time
- copper
- copy protection
- copybroke
- copycenter
- copyleft
- copyparty
- copywronged
- core
- core cancer
- core dump
- core leak
- Core Wars
- cosmic rays
- cough and die
- courier
- cow orker
- cowboy
- CP/M
- CPU Wars
- crack
- crack root
- cracker
- cracking
- crank
- crapplet
- CrApTeX
- crash
- crash and burn
- crawling horror
- CRC handbook
- creationism
- creep
- creeping elegance
- creeping featurism
- creeping featuritis
- cretin
- cretinous
- crippleware
- critical mass
- crlf
- crock
- cross-post
- crossload
- crudware
- cruft
- cruft together
- cruftsmanship
- crufty
- crumb
- crunch
- cryppie
- cthulhic
- CTSS
- cube
- cup holder
- cursor dipped in X
- cuspy
- cut a tape
- cybercrud
- cyberpunk
- cyberspace
- cycle
- cycle of reincarnation
- cycle server
- cypherpunk
- C|N>K
D (back to top)
- daemon
- daemon book
- dahmum
- dancing frog
- dangling pointer
- dark-side hacker
- Datamation
- DAU
- Dave the Resurrector
- day mode
- dd
- DDT
- de-rezz
- dead
- dead beef attack
- dead code
- dead-tree version
- DEADBEEF
- deadlock
- deadly embrace
- death code
- Death Square
- Death Star
- Death, X of
- DEC
- DEC Wars
- decay
- deckle
- DED
- deep hack mode
- deep magic
- deep space
- defenestration
- defined as
- deflicted
- dehose
- Dejagoo
- deletia
- deliminator
- delint
- delta
- demented
- demigod
- demo
- demo mode
- demoeffect
- demogroup
- demon
- demon dialer
- demoparty
- demoscene
- dentro
- depeditate
- deprecated
- derf
- deserves to lose
- despew
- dickless workstation
- dictionary flame
- diddle
- die
- die horribly
- diff
- dike
- Dilbert
- ding
- dink
- dinosaur
- dinosaur pen
- dinosaurs mating
- dirtball
- dirty power
- disclaimer
- Discordianism
- disemvowel
- disk farm
- display hack
- dispress
- Dissociated Press
- distribution
- distro
- disusered
- DMZ
- do protocol
- doc
- documentation
- dodgy
- dogcow
- dogfood
- dogpile
- dogwash
- Don't do that then!
- dongle
- dongle-disk
- Doom, X of
- doorstop
- DoS attack
- dot file
- double bucky
- doubled sig
- down
- download
- DP
- DPer
- Dr. Fred Mbogo
- dragon
- Dragon Book
- drain
- dread high-bit disease
- dread questionmark disease
- DRECNET
- driver
- droid
- drone
- drool-proof paper
- drop on the floor
- drop-ins
- drop-outs
- drugged
- drum
- drunk mouse syndrome
- DSW
- dub dub dub
- Duff's device
- dumb terminal
- dumbass attack
- dumbed down
- dump
- dumpster diving
- dusty deck
- DWIM
- dynner
E (back to top)
- Easter egg
- Easter egging
- eat flaming death
- EBCDIC
- ECP
- ed
- egg
- egosurf
- eighty-column mind
- El Camino Bignum
- elder days
- elegant
- elephantine
- elevator controller
- elite
- ELIZA effect
- elvish
- EMACS
- email
- emoticon
- EMP
- empire
- engine
- English
- enhancement
- ENQ
- EOD
- EOF
- EOL
- EOU
- epoch
- epsilon
- epsilon squared
- era
- Eric Conspiracy
- Eris
- erotics
- error 33
- eurodemo
- evil
- evil and rude
- Evil Empire
- exa-
- examining the entrails
- EXCH
- excl
- EXE
- exec
- exercise, left as an
- Exon
- Exploder
- exploit
- external memory
- eye candy
- eyeball search
F (back to top)
- face time
- factor
- fairings
- fall over
- fall through
- fan
- fandango on core
- FAQ
- FAQ list
- FAQL
- faradize
- farkled
- farm
- fascist
- fat electrons
- fat pipe
- fat-finger
- faulty
- fear and loathing
- feature
- feature creature
- feature creep
- feature key
- feature shock
- featurectomy
- feep
- feeper
- feeping creature
- feeping creaturism
- feetch feetch
- fence
- fencepost error
- fiber-seeking backhoe
- FidoNet
- field circus
- field servoid
- file signature
- filk
- film at 11
- filter
- Finagle's Law
- fine
- finger
- finger trouble
- finger-pointing syndrome
- finn
- firebottle
- firefighting
- firehose syndrome
- firewall code
- firewall machine
- fireworks mode
- firmware
- fish
- FISH queue
- fisking
- FITNR
- fix
- FIXME
- flag
- flag day
- flaky
- flamage
- flame
- flame bait
- flame on
- flame war
- flamer
- flap
- flarp
- flash crowd
- flat
- flat-ASCII
- flat-file
- flatten
- flavor
- flavorful
- flippy
- flood
- flowchart
- flower key
- flush
- flypage
- Flyspeck 3
- flytrap
- FM
- fnord
- FOAF
- FOD
- fold case
- followup
- fontology
- foo
- foobar
- fool
- fool file
- Foonly
- footprint
- for free
- for the rest of us
- for values of
- fora
- foreground
- fork
- fork bomb
- forked
- Formosa's Law
- Fortrash
- fortune cookie
- forum
- fossil
- four-color glossies
- frag
- fragile
- Frankenputer
- fred
- Fred Foobar
- frednet
- free software
- freeware
- freeze
- fried
- frink
- friode
- fritterware
- frob
- frobnicate
- frobnitz
- frog
- frogging
- front end
- frotz
- frotzed
- frowney
- FRS
- fry
- fscking
- FSF
- FUBAR
- fuck me harder
- FUD
- FUD wars
- fudge
- fudge factor
- fuel up
- Full Monty
- fum
- functino
- funky
- funny money
- furrfu
G (back to top)
- G
- GandhiCon
- gang bang
- Gang of Four
- garbage collect
- garply
- gas
- Gates's Law
- gawble
- GC
- GCOS
- GECOS
- gedanken
- geef
- geek
- geek code
- geek out
- geekasm
- gen
- gender mender
- General Public Virus
- generate
- Genius From Mars Technique
- gensym
- Get a life!
- Get a real computer!
- gib
- GIFs at 11
- gig
- giga-
- GIGO
- gilley
- gillion
- ginger
- GIPS
- GIYF
- glark
- glass
- glass tty
- glassfet
- glitch
- glob
- glork
- glue
- gnarly
- GNU
- gnubie
- GNUMACS
- go flatline
- go gold
- go root
- go-faster stripes
- GoAT
- goat file
- gobble
- Godwin's Law
- Godzillagram
- golden
- golf-ball printer
- gonk
- gonkulator
- gonzo
- Good Thing
- google
- google juice
- gopher
- gopher hole
- gorets
- gorilla arm
- gorp
- GOSMACS
- gotcha
- GPL
- GPV
- gray goo
- gray hat
- Great Internet Explosion
- Great Renaming
- Great Runes
- Great Worm
- great-wall
- green bytes
- green card
- green lightning
- green machine
- Green's Theorem
- greenbar
- grep
- gribble
- grilf
- grind
- grind crank
- gritch
- grok
- gronk
- gronk out
- gronked
- grovel
- grue
- grunge
- gubbish
- Guido
- guiltware
- gumby
- gunch
- gunpowder chicken
- guru
- guru meditation
- gweep
- GWF
H (back to top)
- h
- ha ha only serious
- hack
- hack attack
- hack mode
- hack on
- hack together
- hack up
- hack value
- hacked off
- hacked up
- hacker
- hacker ethic
- hacker humor
- Hackers (the movie)
- hacking run
- Hacking X for Y
- Hackintosh
- hackish
- hackishness
- hackitude
- hair
- hairball
- hairy
- HAKMEM
- hakspek
- Halloween Documents
- ham
- hammer
- hamster
- HAND
- hand cruft
- hand-hacking
- hand-roll
- handle
- handshaking
- handwave
- hang
- Hanlon's Razor
- happily
- hard boot
- hardcoded
- hardwarily
- hardwired
- has the X nature
- hash bucket
- hash collision
- hat
- HCF
- heads down
- heartbeat
- heatseeker
- heavy metal
- heavy wizardry
- heavyweight
- Hed Rat
- heisenbug
- hell desk
- hello sailor!
- hello world
- hello, wall!
- hex
- hexadecimal
- hexit
- HHOK
- HHOS
- hidden flag
- high bit
- high moby
- highly
- hing
- hired gun
- hirsute
- HLL
- hoarding
- hog
- hole
- hollised
- holy penguin pee
- holy wars
- home box
- home machine
- home page
- honey pot
- hook
- hop
- horked
- hose
- hosed
- hot chat
- hot spot
- hotlink
- house wizard
- HP-SUX
- HTH
- huff
- hung
- hungry puppy
- hungus
- hyperspace
- hysterical reasons
I (back to top)
- I didn't change anything!
- I for one welcome our new X overlords
- I see no X here.
- IANAL
- IBM
- ICBM address
- ice
- ID10T error
- idempotent
- IDP
- If you want X, you know where to find it.
- ifdef out
- IIRC
- ill-behaved
- IMHO
- Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!
- in the extreme
- incantation
- include
- include war
- indent style
- Indent-o-Meter
- index of X
- infant mortality
- infinite
- infinite loop
- Infinite-Monkey Theorem
- infinity
- inflate
- Infocom
- initgame
- insanely great
- installfest
- INTERCAL
- InterCaps
- interesting
- Internet
- Internet Death Penalty
- Internet Exploder
- Internet Exploiter
- interrupt
- interrupts locked out
- intertwingled
- intro
- IRC
- iron
- Iron Age
- iron box
- ironmonger
- ISO standard cup of tea
- ISP
- Itanic
- ITS
- IWBNI
- IYFEG
J (back to top)
- J. Random
- J. Random Hacker
- jack in
- jaggies
- Java
- JCL
- JEDR
- Jeff K.
- jello
- Jeopardy-style quoting
- jibble
- jiffy
- job security
- jock
- joe code
- joe-job
- juggling eggs
- juice
- jump off into never-never land
- jupiter
K (back to top)
- K
- K&R
- k-
- kahuna
- kamikaze packet
- kangaroo code
- ken
- kernel-of-the-week club
- kgbvax
- KIBO
- kiboze
- kibozo
- kick
- kill file
- killer app
- killer micro
- killer poke
- kilo-
- kilogoogle
- KIPS
- KISS Principle
- kit
- KLB
- klone
- kludge
- kluge
- kluge around
- kluge up
- Knights of the Lambda Calculus
- knobs
- knurd
- Knuth
- koan
- kook
- Kool-Aid
- kremvax
- kyrka
L (back to top)
- lag
- lamer
- LAN party
- language lawyer
- languages of choice
- LART
- larval stage
- lase
- laser chicken
- leaf site
- leak
- leaky heap
- leapfrog attack
- leech
- leech mode
- legal
- legalese
- lenna
- LER
- LERP
- let the smoke out
- letterbomb
- lexer
- life
- Life is hard
- light pipe
- lightweight
- like kicking dead whales down the beach
- like nailing jelly to a tree
- line 666
- line eater, the
- line noise
- linearithmic
- link farm
- link rot
- link-dead
- lint
- Lintel
- Linus
- Linux
- lion food
- Lions Book
- LISP
- list-bomb
- lithium lick
- little-endian
- live
- live data
- Live Free Or Die!
- livelock
- liveware
- lobotomy
- locals, the
- locked and loaded
- locked up
- logic bomb
- logical
- loop through
- loose bytes
- lord high fixer
- lose
- lose lose
- loser
- losing
- loss
- lossage
- lossy
- lost in the noise
- lost in the underflow
- lots of MIPS but no I/O
- low-bandwidth
- Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology
- Lumber Cartel
- lunatic fringe
- lurker
- luser
M (back to top)
- M
- M$
- macdink
- machoflops
- Macintoy
- Macintrash
- macro
- macro-
- macrology
- maggotbox
- magic
- magic cookie
- magic number
- magic smoke
- mail storm
- mailbomb
- mailing list
- main loop
- mainframe
- mainsleaze
- malware
- man page
- management
- mandelbug
- manged
- mangle
- mangled name
- mangler
- manularity
- marbles
- marching ants
- marginal
- marginally
- marketroid
- Mars
- martian
- massage
- math-out
- Matrix
- mav
- maximum Maytag mode
- McQuary limit
- meatspace
- meatware
- meeces
- meg
- mega-
- megapenny
- MEGO
- meltdown, network
- meme
- meme plague
- memetics
- memory farts
- memory leak
- memory smash
- menuitis
- mess-dos
- meta
- meta bit
- metasyntactic variable
- MFTL
- mickey
- mickey mouse program
- micro-
- MicroDroid
- microfortnight
- microLenat
- microReid
- microserf
- Microsloth Windows
- Microsoft
- micros~1
- middle-endian
- middle-out implementation
- milliLampson
- minor detail
- MIPS
- misbug
- misfeature
- missile address
- MiSTing
- miswart
- MMF
- mobo
- moby
- mockingbird
- mod
- mode
- mode bit
- modulo
- mojibake
- molly-guard
- Mongolian Hordes technique
- monkey up
- monkey, scratch
- monstrosity
- monty
- Moof
- Moore's Law
- moria
- MOTAS
- MOTOS
- MOTSS
- mouse ahead
- mouse belt
- mouse droppings
- mouse elbow
- mouse pusher
- mouso
- MS-DOS
- mu
- MUD
- muddie
- mudhead
- muggle
- Multics
- multitask
- mumblage
- mumble
- munch
- munching
- munching squares
- munchkin
- mundane
- mung
- munge
- Murphy's Law
- music
- mutter
N (back to top)
- N
- nadger
- nagware
- nailed to the wall
- nailing jelly
- naive
- naive user
- NAK
- NANA
- nano
- nano-
- nanoacre
- nanobot
- nanocomputer
- nanofortnight
- nanotechnology
- narg
- nasal demons
- nastygram
- Nathan Hale
- nature
- neat hack
- neats vs. scruffies
- neep-neep
- neophilia
- nerd
- nerd knob
- net.-
- net.god
- net.personality
- net.police
- netburp
- netdead
- nethack
- netiquette
- netlag
- netnews
- Netscrape
- netsplit
- netter
- network address
- network meltdown
- New Jersey
- New Testament
- newbie
- newgroup wars
- newline
- NeWS
- newsfroup
- newsgroup
- nick
- nickle
- night mode
- Nightmare File System
- NIL
- Ninety-Ninety Rule
- nipple mouse
- NMI
- no-op
- noddy
- non-optimal solution
- nonlinear
- nontrivial
- not entirely unlike X
- not ready for prime time
- notwork
- NP-
- NSA line eater
- NSP
- nude
- nugry
- nuke
- number-crunching
- numbers
- NUXI problem
- nybble
- nyetwork
O (back to top)
- Ob-
- Obfuscated C Contest
- obi-wan error
- Objectionable-C
- obscure
- octal forty
- off the trolley
- off-by-one error
- offline
- ogg
- old fart
- Old Testament
- on the gripping hand
- one-banana problem
- one-line fix
- one-liner wars
- ooblick
- op
- OP
- open
- open source
- open switch
- operating system
- operator headspace
- optical diff
- optical grep
- optimism
- Oracle, the
- Orange Book
- oriental food
- orphan
- orphaned i-node
- orthogonal
- OS
- OS/2
- OSS
- OT
- OTOH
- out-of-band
- overclock
- overflow bit
- overrun
- overrun screw
- owned
P (back to top)
- P.O.D.
- packet over air
- padded cell
- page in
- page out
- pain in the net
- paper-net
- param
- PARC
- parent message
- parity errors
- Parkinson's Law of Data
- parm
- parse
- Pascal
- PascalCasing
- pastie
- patch
- patch pumpkin
- patch space
- path
- pathological
- payware
- PBD
- PD
- PDP-10
- PDP-11
- PDP-20
- PEBKAC
- peek
- pencil and paper
- Pentagram Pro
- Pentium
- peon
- percent-S
- perf
- perfect programmer syndrome
- Perl
- person of no account
- pessimal
- pessimizing compiler
- peta-
- pffft
- PFY
- phage
- phase
- phase of the moon
- phase-wrapping
- PHB
- phreaker
- phreaking
- pico-
- pig-tail
- pilot error
- ping
- Ping O' Death
- ping storm
- pink contract
- pink wire
- pipe
- pistol
- pixel sort
- pizza box
- plaid screen
- plain-ASCII
- Plan 9
- plan file
- platinum-iridium
- playpen
- playte
- plokta
- plonk
- plug-and-pray
- plugh
- plumbing
- PM
- point release
- point-and-drool interface
- pointy hat
- pointy-haired
- poke
- poll
- polygon pusher
- POM
- ponytail
- pop
- poser
- post
- postcardware
- Postel's Prescription
- posting
- postmaster
- PostScript
- pound on
- power cycle
- power hit
- pr0n
- precedence lossage
- pred
- prepend
- prestidigitization
- pretty pictures
- prettyprint
- pretzel key
- priesthood
- prime time
- print
- printing discussion
- priority interrupt
- profile
- progasm
- proggy
- proglet
- program
- Programmer's Cheer
- programming
- programming fluid
- propeller head
- propeller key
- proprietary
- protocol
- provocative maintenance
- prowler
- pseudo
- pseudoprime
- pseudosuit
- psychedelicware
- psyton
- pubic directory
- puff
- pumpkin holder
- pumpking
- punched card
- punt
- Purple Book
- purple wire
- push
- Python
Q (back to top)
- quad
- quadruple bucky
- quantifiers
- quantum bogodynamics
- quarter
- ques
- quick-and-dirty
- quine
- Quirk objection
- quote chapter and verse
- quotient
- quux
- qux
- QWERTY
R (back to top)
- rabbit job
- rain dance
- rainbow series
- random
- Random Number God
- random numbers
- randomness
- rape
- rare mode
- raster blaster
- raster burn
- rasterbation
- rat belt
- rat dance
- rathole
- ratio site
- rave
- rave on!
- ravs
- raw mode
- RBL
- rc file
- RE
- read-only user
- README file
- real
- real estate
- real hack
- real operating system
- Real Programmer
- Real Soon Now
- real time
- real user
- Real World
- reality check
- reality-distortion field
- reaper
- recompile the world
- rectangle slinger
- recursion
- recursive acronym
- red wire
- regexp
- register dancing
- rehi
- reincarnation, cycle of
- reinvent the wheel
- relay rape
- religion of CHI
- religious issues
- replicator
- reply
- restriction
- retcon
- RETI
- retrocomputing
- return from the dead
- RFC
- RFE
- Right Thing
- rip
- ripoff
- RL
- roach
- robocanceller
- robot
- robust
- rococo
- rogue
- room-temperature IQ
- root
- root mode
- rootkit
- rot13
- rotary debugger
- RSN
- RTBM
- RTFAQ
- RTFB
- RTFM
- RTFS
- RTI
- RTM
- RTS
- rubber-hose cryptanalysis
- rude
- runes
- runic
- rusty iron
- rusty wire
S (back to top)
- S/N ratio
- sacred
- saga
- sagan
- SAIL
- salescritter
- salt
- salt mines
- salt substrate
- same-day service
- samizdat
- samurai
- sandbender
- sandbox
- sanity check
- Saturday-night special
- say
- scag
- scanno
- scary devil monastery
- schroedinbug
- science-fiction fandom
- SCNR
- scram switch
- scratch
- scratch monkey
- scream and die
- screaming tty
- screen
- screen name
- screen scraping
- screw
- screwage
- scribble
- script kiddies
- scrog
- scrool
- scrozzle
- scruffies
- SCSI
- SCSI voodoo
- search-and-destroy mode
- second-system effect
- secondary damage
- security through obscurity
- SED
- See figure 1
- segfault
- seggie
- segment
- segmentation fault
- segv
- self-reference
- selvage
- semi
- semi-automated
- semi-infinite
- senior bit
- September that never ended
- server
- SEX
- sex changer
- shambolic link
- shar file
- sharchive
- Share and enjoy!
- shareware
- sharing violation
- shebang
- shelfware
- shell
- shell out
- shift left (or right) logical
- shim
- shitogram
- shotgun debugging
- shovelware
- showstopper
- shriek
- Shub-Internet
- SIG
- sig block
- sig quote
- sig virus
- sigmonster
- signal-to-noise ratio
- silicon
- silly walk
- silo
- since time T equals minus infinity
- sitename
- skrog
- skulker
- slab
- slack
- slash
- slashdot effect
- sleep
- slim
- slop
- slopsucker
- Slowlaris
- slurp
- slurp the robot
- smart
- smart terminal
- smash case
- smash the stack
- smiley
- smoke
- smoke and mirrors
- smoke test
- smoking clover
- smoot
- SMOP
- smurf
- SNAFU principle
- snail
- snail-mail
- snap
- snarf
- snarf & barf
- snarf down
- snark
- sneaker
- sneakernet
- sniff
- snippage
- SO
- social engineering
- social science number
- sock puppet
- sodium substrate
- soft boot
- softcopy
- software bloat
- software hoarding
- software laser
- software rot
- softwarily
- softy
- some random X
- sorcerer's apprentice mode
- source
- source of all good bits
- space-cadet keyboard
- spaceship operator
- SPACEWAR
- spaghetti code
- spaghetti inheritance
- spam
- spam bait
- spamblock
- spamhaus
- spamvertize
- spangle
- spawn
- special-case
- speed of light
- speedometer
- spell
- spelling flame
- spider
- spider food
- spiffy
- spike
- spin
- Spinning Pizza of Death
- spl
- splash screen
- splat
- splat out
- splork!
- spod
- spoiler
- spoiler space
- sponge
- spoof
- spool
- spool file
- sporgery
- sport death
- spungle
- spyware
- squirrelcide
- stack
- stack puke
- stale pointer bug
- Stanford Bunny
- star out
- state
- stealth manager
- steam-powered
- steved
- STFW
- stir-fried random
- stomp on
- Stone Age
- stone knives and bearskins
- stoppage
- store
- STR
- strided
- stroke
- strudel
- stubroutine
- studly
- studlycaps
- stunning
- stupid-sort
- Stupids
- Sturgeon's Law
- sucking mud
- sufficiently small
- suit
- suitable win
- suitably small
- Sun
- sun lounge
- sun-stools
- sunspots
- super source quench
- superloser
- superprogrammer
- superuser
- support
- surf
- Suzie COBOL
- swab
- swap
- swap space
- swapped in
- swapped out
- Swiss-Army chainsaw
- swizzle
- sync
- syntactic salt
- syntactic sugar
- sys-frog
- sysadmin
- sysape
- sysop
- system
- system mangler
- systems jock
T (back to top)
- T
- tail recursion
- talk mode
- talker system
- TAN
- tanked
- TANSTAAFL
- tape monkey
- tar and feather
- tarball
- tardegy
- taste
- tayste
- TCB
- TCP/IP
- TECO
- tee
- teergrube
- teledildonics
- ten-finger interface
- tense
- tentacle
- tenured graduate student
- tera-
- teraflop club
- terminak
- terminal brain death
- terminal illness
- terminal junkie
- test
- TeX
- text
- thanks in advance
- That's not a bug, that's a feature!
- the literature
- the network
- the X that can be Y is not the true X
- theology
- theory
- thinko
- This can't happen
- This time, for sure!
- thrash
- thread
- three-finger salute
- throwaway account
- thud
- thumb
- thundering herd problem
- thunk
- tick
- tick-list features
- tickle a bug
- tiger team
- time bomb
- time sink
- time T
- times-or-divided-by
- timesharing
- TINC
- Tinkerbell program
- TINLC
- tip of the ice-cube
- tired iron
- tits on a keyboard
- TLA
- TMRC
- TMRCie
- TMTOWTDI
- to a first approximation
- to a zeroth approximation
- toad
- toast
- toaster
- toeprint
- TOFU
- toggle
- tool
- toolchain
- toolsmith
- toor
- top-post
- topic drift
- topic group
- TOPS-10
- TOPS-20
- TOS
- tourist
- tourist information
- touristic
- toy
- toy language
- toy problem
- toy program
- trampoline
- trap
- trap door
- trash
- trawl
- tree-killer
- treeware
- trit
- trivial
- troff
- troglodyte
- troglodyte mode
- Trojan horse
- troll
- Troll-O-Meter
- tron
- troughie
- true-hacker
- tty
- tube
- tube time
- tumbler
- tunafish
- tune
- turbo nerd
- Turing tar-pit
- turist
- Tux
- tweak
- TWENEX
- twiddle
- twilight zone
- twink
- twirling baton
- two pi
- two-to-the-N
- tyop
U (back to top)
- u-
- UBD
- UBE
- ubergeek
- UCE
- UDP
- UN*X
- undefined external reference
- under the hood
- undocumented feature
- uninteresting
- Unix
- Unix brain damage
- Unix conspiracy
- Unix weenie
- unixism
- unswizzle
- unwind the stack
- unwind-protect
- up
- upload
- upstream
- upthread
- uptime
- urchin
- URL
- Usenet
- Usenet Death Penalty
- user
- user-friendly
- user-obsequious
- userland
- Utah teapot, the
- UTSL
- UUOC
V (back to top)
- V7
- vadding
- vanilla
- vanity domain
- vannevar
- vaporware
- var
- vaston
- VAX
- VAXen
- vaxocentrism
- vdiff
- veeblefester
- velveeta
- Venus flytrap
- verbage
- verbiage
- Version 7
- vgrep
- vi
- video toaster
- videotex
- virgin
- virtual
- virtual beer
- virtual Friday
- virtual reality
- virtual shredder
- virus
- visionary
- Visual Fred
- VMS
- voice
- voice-net
- voodoo programming
- VR
- Vulcan nerve pinch
- vulture capitalist
W (back to top)
- w00t
- wabbit
- WAITS
- waldo
- walk
- walk off the end of
- walking drives
- wall
- wall follower
- wall time
- wall wart
- wallhack
- wango
- wank
- wannabee
- war dialer
- war-chalking
- war-driving
- warez
- warez d00dz
- warez kiddies
- warlording
- warm boot
- wart
- washing machine
- washing software
- water MIPS
- wave a dead chicken
- weasel
- web pointer
- web ring
- web toaster
- webify
- webmaster
- wedged
- wedgie
- wedgitude
- weeble
- weeds
- weenie
- Weenix
- well-behaved
- well-connected
- wetware
- whack
- whack-a-mole
- whacker
- whales
- What's a spline?
- wheel
- wheel bit
- wheel of reincarnation
- wheel wars
- white hat
- whitelist
- whizzy
- Whorfian mind-lock
- wibble
- WIBNI
- widget
- wiggles
- wild side
- WIMP environment
- win
- win big
- win win
- Winchester
- windoid
- window shopping
- Windowsitis
- Windoze
- winged comments
- winkey
- winnage
- winner
- winnitude
- Wintel
- Wintendo
- wired
- wirehead
- wirewater
- wish list
- within delta of
- within epsilon of
- wizard
- Wizard Book
- wizard hat
- wizard mode
- wizardly
- wok-on-the-wall
- womb box
- WOMBAT
- womble
- wonky
- workaround
- working as designed
- worm
- wormhole
- wound around the axle
- wrap around
- write-only code
- write-only language
- write-only memory
- Wrong Thing
- wugga wugga
- wumpus
- WYSIAYG
- WYSIWYG
X (back to top)
- X
- XEROX PARC
- XOFF
- XON
- xor
- xref
- XXX
- xyzzy
Y (back to top)
- YA-
- YABA
- YAFIYGI
- yak shaving
- YAUN
- yellow card
- yellow wire
- Yet Another
- YHBT
- YKYBHTLW
- YMMV
- You are not expected to understand this
- You know you've been hacking too long when
- Your mileage may vary
- Yow!
- yoyo mode
- Yu-Shiang Whole Fish
Z (back to top)
- zap
- zapped
- Zawinski's Law
- zbeba
- zen
- zero
- zero-content
- Zero-One-Infinity Rule
- zeroth
- zigamorph
- zip
- zipperhead
- zombie
- zorch
- Zork
- zorkmid

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