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The Hacker's Dictionary: A Guide to the World of Computer Wizards
by Guy L. Steele
ISBN: 0060910828
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syntheticnature
· 2015-02-25 ·
Original thread
Pretty sure it's older than that I recalled seeing it in this book, which Amazon gives a date of 1983 on (fits well enough with when I recall coming across the book in a public library):
http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Dictionary-Guide-Computer-Wiza...
Also, it's in the 1.5.0 file:
http://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt
Also, it's in the 1.5.0 file: http://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-1.5.0.dos.txt