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* [[Canon]]: Source of the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/canonical.html canonical definition] of "canonical", as used in most non-religious contexts today. |
* [[Canon]]: Source of the [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/canonical.html canonical definition] of "canonical", as used in most non-religious contexts today. |
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* [[Ha Ha Only Serious]]: Defined by the file. |
* [[Ha Ha Only Serious]]: Defined by the file. |
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* [[Hanlon's Razor]]: Possibly the earliest expression of the concept under that name. |
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* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Several such sayings, in which reference to the phrase "ice cream koan" was [[Trope Namer|coined]], originated at MIT in the 1970s and found their way into the Jargon File. One example: |
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Several such sayings, in which reference to the phrase "ice cream koan" was [[Trope Namer|coined]], originated at MIT in the 1970s and found their way into the Jargon File. One example: |
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{{quote|A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. |
{{quote|A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. |
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