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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>I see no X here.</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="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="I-didn-t-change-anything-.html" title="I didn't change anything!"/><link rel="next" href="I-for-one-welcome-our-new-X-overlords.html" title="I for one welcome our new X overlords"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">I see no X here.</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="I-didn-t-change-anything-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="I-for-one-welcome-our-new-X-overlords.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="I-see-no-X-here-"/><dt xmlns="" id="I-see-no-X-here-"><b>I see no X here.</b></dt></dt><dd><p> Hackers (and the interactive computer games they write)
traditionally favor this slightly marked usage over other possible
equivalents such as &#8220;<span class="quote">There's no X here!</span>&#8221; or &#8220;<span class="quote">X is
missing.</span>&#8221; or &#8220;<span class="quote">Where's the X?</span>&#8221;. This goes back to the
original PDP-10 <a href="../A/ADVENT.html"><i class="glossterm">ADVENT</i></a>, which would respond in this
wise if you asked it to do something involving an object not present at
your location in the game.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="I-didn-t-change-anything-.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="I-for-one-welcome-our-new-X-overlords.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">I didn't change anything! </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> I for one welcome our new X overlords</td></tr></table></div></body></html>