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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cookbook</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="Conways-Law.html" title="Conway's Law"/><link rel="next" href="cooked-mode.html" title="cooked mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cookbook</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Conways-Law.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cooked-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cookbook"/><dt xmlns="" id="cookbook"><b>cookbook</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from amateur electronics and radio] A book of small code segments
that the reader can use to do various <a href="../M/magic.html"><i class="glossterm">magic</i></a> things
in programs. Cookbooks, slavishly followed, can lead one into
<a href="../V/voodoo-programming.html"><i class="glossterm">voodoo programming</i></a>, but are useful for hackers
trying to <a href="../M/monkey-up.html"><i class="glossterm">monkey up</i></a> small programs in unknown
languages. This function is analogous to the role of phrasebooks in human
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