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n. An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like toaster (which superseded it). During one period (1983--84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardization committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment. You can't require printf (3) to be part of the default runtime library what if you're targeting an elevator controller? Elevator controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides of several holy wars.
*** elite
adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz , for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the hidden or privileged sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or boards ) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary triple super secret boards were elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337 eleet , and 31337 (among others) have been sighted. A true hacker would be more likely to use wizardly. Oppose lamer.
1. adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz , for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the hidden or privileged sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or boards ) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary triple super secret boards were elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337 eleet , and 31337 (among others) have been sighted. A true hacker would be more likely to use wizardly. Oppose lamer.
2. BBC Micro space trading game from the early 1980s which was one of the early pioneers of 3D graphics.
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1. The Tengwar of Feanor, a table of letterforms resembling the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the Book of Kells. Invented and described by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of The Rings as an orthography for his fictional elvish languages, this system (which is both visually and phonetically elegant ) has long fascinated hackers (who tend to be intrigued by artificial languages in general). It is traditional for graphics printers, plotters, window systems, and the like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their demo items. See also elder days.

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n. An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like toaster (which superseded it). During one period (1983--84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardization committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment. You can't require printf (3) to be part of the default runtime library what if you're targeting an elevator controller? Elevator controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides of several holy wars.
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<H4>elite</H4>
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adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz , for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the hidden or privileged sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or boards ) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary triple super secret boards were elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337 eleet , and 31337 (among others) have been sighted. A true hacker would be more likely to use wizardly. Oppose lamer.
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<p>1. adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz , for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the hidden or privileged sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or boards ) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary triple super secret boards were elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337 eleet , and 31337 (among others) have been sighted. A true hacker would be more likely to use wizardly. Oppose lamer. </p>
<p>2. BBC Micro space trading game from the early 1980s which was one of the early pioneers of 3D graphics.</p>
<H4>elvish</H4>
<p>1. The Tengwar of Feanor, a table of letterforms resembling the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the Book of Kells. Invented and described by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of The Rings as an orthography for his fictional elvish languages, this system (which is both visually and phonetically elegant ) has long fascinated hackers (who tend to be intrigued by artificial languages in general). It is traditional for graphics printers, plotters, window systems, and the like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their demo items. See also elder days. </p>

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elite
adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general
1. adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general
positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is
used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz , for which reason hackers use it
only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the
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elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337
eleet , and 31337 (among others) have been sighted. A true hacker would be
more likely to use wizardly. Oppose lamer.
2. BBC Micro space trading game from the early 1980s which was one of the
early pioneers of 3D graphics.