The Jargon File
1996
The dictionary of hacker slang, grown by generations of programmers from the ARPANET labs to the open-source era and edited by Eric S. Raymond. Definitions, folklore, and the culture of early computing, letter by letter, in the 1996 edition the old Worldwide School site carried.
- Preface
- Introduction
- Of Slang, Jargon, and Techspeak
- Revision History
- How Jargon Works
- Hacker Writing Style
- Hacker Speech Style
- International Style
- Crackers, Phreaks, and Lamers
- How to Use the Lexicon
- Other Lexicon Conventions
- Format For New Entries
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Other
- Hacker Folklore
- The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer
- A Portrait of J. Random Hacker
- Bibliography