Table of Contents
- About This Edition
- Welcome To The Jargon File
- I. Introduction
- 1. Hacker Slang and Hacker Culture
- 2. Of Slang, Jargon, and Techspeak
- 3. Revision History
- 4. Jargon Construction
- Verb Doubling
- Soundalike Slang
- The -P Convention
- Overgeneralization
- Spoken Inarticulations
- Anthropomorphization
- Comparatives
- 5. Hacker Writing Style
- 6. Email Quotes and Inclusion Conventions
- 7. Hacker Speech Style
- 8. International Style
- 9. Crackers, Phreaks, and Lamers
- 10. Pronunciation Guide
- 11. Other Lexical Conventions
- 12. Format For New Entries
- II. The Jargon Lexicon
- Glossary
- 0
- 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
- III. Appendices
- A. Hacker Folklore
- The Meaning of ‘Hack’
- TV Typewriters: A Tale of Hackish Ingenuity
- A Story About ‘Magic’
- Some AI Koans
- OS and JEDGAR
- The Story of Mel
- The Tao of Programming
- B. A Portrait of J. Random Hacker
- General Appearance
- Dress
- Reading Habits
- Other Interests
- Physical Activity and Sports
- Education
- Things Hackers Detest and Avoid
- Food
- Politics
- Gender and Ethnicity
- Religion
- Ceremonial Chemicals
- Communication Style
- Geographical Distribution
- Sexual Habits
- Personality Characteristics
- Weaknesses of the Hacker Personality
- Miscellaneous
- C. Helping Hacker Culture Grow
- D. GNU Project Documents
- E. The Original Hacker’s Dictionary, Circa 1988
- F. The First Published Hacker’s Dictionary, Circa 1983
- Bibliography