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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sigmonster</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="sig-virus.html" title="sig virus"/><link rel="next" href="signal-to-noise-ratio.html" title="signal-to-noise ratio"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sigmonster</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sig-virus.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="signal-to-noise-ratio.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sigmonster"/><dt xmlns="" id="sigmonster"><b>sigmonster</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] A beast that randomly chooses one of a selection of
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signatures for appending to mail and news messages. The creature is most
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often mentioned directly when it has been in particularly good form and
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selected a signature appropriate to the topic being discussed; the
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construction “<span class="quote">P.S.: good sigmonster, have a cookie</span>” is not
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uncommon. While the are sigmonster programs floating around on the net,
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most hackers who keep one use a silly little Perl or Python script that
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they threw together in the middle of the night under the influence of far
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too much caffeine.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sig-virus.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="signal-to-noise-ratio.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sig virus </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> signal-to-noise ratio</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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