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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>geek code</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="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="geek.html" title="geek"/><link rel="next" href="geek-out.html" title="geek out"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">geek code</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="geek.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="geek-out.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="geek-code"/><dt xmlns="" id="geek-code"><b>geek code</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (also “<span class="quote">Code of the Geeks</span>”). A set of codes commonly
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used in <a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a>s to broadcast the interests,
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skills, and aspirations of the poster. Features a G at the left margin
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followed by numerous letter codes, often suffixed with plusses or minuses.
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Because many net users are involved in computer science, the most common
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prefix is ‘GCS’. To see a copy of the current code, browse
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<a href="http://www.geekcode.com/" target="_top">http://www.geekcode.com/</a>.
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Here is a sample geek code (that of Robert Hayden, the code's inventor)
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from that page:</p><div class="literallayout"><p><br/>
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-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<br/>
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Version: 3.1<br/>
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GED/J d-- s:++>: a- C++(++++)$ ULUO++ P+>+++ L++ !E---- W+(---) N+++<br/>
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o+ K+++ w+(---) O- M+$>++ V-- PS++(+++)>$ PE++(+)>$ Y++ PGP++ t- 5+++<br/>
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X++ R+++>$ tv+ b+ DI+++ D+++ G+++++>$ e++$>++++ h r-- y+**<br/>
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------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------<br/>
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</p></div><p>The geek code originated in 1993; it was inspired (according to the
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inventor) by previous “<span class="quote">bear</span>”, “<span class="quote">smurf</span>” and
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“<span class="quote">twink</span>” style-and-sexual-preference codes from lesbian and gay
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<a href="../N/newsgroup.html"><i class="glossterm">newsgroup</i></a>s. It has in turn spawned imitators; there
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is now even a “<span class="quote">Saturn geek code</span>” for owners of the Saturn car.
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See also <a href="geek.html"><i class="glossterm">geek</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="geek.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="geek-out.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">geek </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> geek out</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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