Jargon

Jul 20, 2023

The famous jargon file

Do you know what ‘foo’ means? Have you wondered about the mutated punchline in the BUGS section of tunefs8? Do you know the ‘least random number’?

Find all answers in the jargon file, a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor.



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