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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>system</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sysop.html" title="sysop"/><link rel="next" href="system-mangler.html" title="system mangler"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">system</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sysop.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="system-mangler.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="system"/><dt xmlns="" id="system"><b>system</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices, the
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supervisor program or OS, and possibly other software. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Any large-scale program. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. Any method or algorithm. </p></dd><dd><p> 5. <span class="firstterm">System hacker</span>: one who
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hacks the system (in senses 1 and 2 only; for sense 3 one mentions the
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particular program: e.g., <span class="firstterm">LISP
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