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The Jargon File is a dictionary of computer slang |
The ''Jargon File'' (also called ''The Hacker's Jargon File'') is a dictionary of computer slang which was originally in plaintext format and is now available as HTML. It also includes a lot of computer hacker folklore, both in the appendixes and as part of the main text of the entries. The file originated in 1975, at a time when computers were only used by a few specialists. It was originally published in book form as ''The Hacker's Dictionary'' in 1983, edited by Guy L. Steele Jr. |
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At this point, the university AI labs that spawned the Jargon File were dying, and the Jargon File fell into disuse. It was picked up again by Eric Raymond in 1990; he maintained the file, adding new Internet-related material, and published several revisions in 1991, 1993 and 1996 as ''The New Hacker's Dictionary'', though not without controversy ([http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/08/1534249.shtml Raymond was accused of writing material that's more true of himself than of hackers in general]). |
At this point, the university AI labs that spawned the Jargon File were dying, and the Jargon File fell into disuse. It was picked up again by Eric Raymond in 1990; he maintained the file, adding new Internet-related material, and published several revisions in 1991, 1993 and 1996 as ''The New Hacker's Dictionary'', though not without controversy ([http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/08/1534249.shtml Raymond was accused of writing material that's more true of himself than of hackers in general]). |
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Every so often someone tries to make the file live again. No attempt has yet succeeded. |
Every so often someone tries to make the file live again. No attempt has yet succeeded. |
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The last version, now more than a decade old, can be found |
The last version, now more than a decade old, can be found [http://www.catb.org/jargon/ here]. |
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