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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ken</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="../K.html" title="K"/><link rel="previous" href="kangaroo-code.html" title="kangaroo code"/><link rel="next" href="kernel-of-the-week-club.html" title="kernel-of-the-week club"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ken</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="kangaroo-code.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">K</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="kernel-of-the-week-club.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ken"/><dt xmlns="" id="ken"><b>ken</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ken/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix. In the early
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days he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read
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“<span class="quote">Love, ken</span>”. Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes
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uncapitalized, because it's a login name and mail address) in third-person
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reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet, in particular) that without
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a last name ‘Ken’ refers only to Ken Thompson. Similarly,
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‘Dennis’ without last name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is
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often known as <tt class="systemitem">dmr</tt>). See also
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<a href="../D/demigod.html"><i class="glossterm">demigod</i></a>, <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A flaming user. This was originated by the Software Support
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group at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers in the user community
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were both named Ken.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="kangaroo-code.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../K.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="kernel-of-the-week-club.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">kangaroo code </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> kernel-of-the-week club</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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