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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Welcome to the Jargon File</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="index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="previous" href="index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="next" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. Introduction"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Welcome to the Jargon File</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pt01.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="preface" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="online-preface"/>Welcome to the Jargon File</h2></div></div><div/></div><p>This is the Jargon File, a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang
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illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor.</p><p>This document (the Jargon File) is in the public domain, to be freely
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used, shared, and modified. There are (by intention) no legal restraints on
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what you can do with it, but there are traditions about its proper use to
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which many hackers are quite strongly attached. Please extend the courtesy of
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proper citation when you quote the File, ideally with a version number, as it
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will change and grow over time. (Examples of appropriate citation form:
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“<span class="quote">Jargon File 4.4.7</span>” or “<span class="quote">The on-line hacker Jargon File,
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version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003</span>”.)</p><p>The Jargon File is a common heritage of the hacker culture. Over the
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years a number of individuals have volunteered considerable time to
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maintaining the File and been recognized by the net at large as editors of it.
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Editorial responsibilities include: to collate contributions and suggestions
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from others; to seek out corroborating information; to cross-reference related
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entries; to keep the file in a consistent format; and to announce and
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distribute updated versions periodically. Current volunteer editors
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include:</p><p>Eric Raymond <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">esr@thyrsus.com</a>></tt></p><p>Although there is no requirement that you do so, it is considered good
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form to check with an editor before quoting the File in a published work or
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commercial product. We may have additional information that would be helpful
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to you and can assist you in framing your quote to reflect not only the letter
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of the File but its spirit as well.</p><p>All contributions and suggestions about this file sent to a volunteer
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editor are gratefully received and will be regarded, unless otherwise
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labelled, as freely given donations for possible use as part of this
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public-domain file.</p><p>From time to time a snapshot of this file has been polished, edited, and
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formatted for commercial publication with the cooperation of the volunteer
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editors and the hacker community at large. If you wish to have a bound paper
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copy of this file, you may find it convenient to purchase one of these. They
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often contain additional material not found in on-line versions. The three
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‘authorized’ editions so far are described in the Revision History
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section; there may be more in the future.</p><p>The Jargon File's online rendition uses an unusually large number of
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special characters. This test page lists them so you can check what your
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browser does with each one.</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>glyph</td><td>description</td></tr><tr><td>α</td><td>greek character alpha</td></tr><tr><td>κ</td><td>greek character kappa</td></tr><tr><td>λ</td><td>greek character lambda</td></tr><tr><td>Λ</td><td>greek character Lambda</td></tr><tr><td>ν</td><td>greek character nu</td></tr><tr><td>ο</td><td>greek character omicron</td></tr><tr><td>π</td><td>greek character pi</td></tr><tr><td>£</td><td>pound sterling</td></tr><tr><td>〈</td><td>left angle bracket</td></tr><tr><td>〉</td><td>right angle bracket</td></tr><tr><td>æ</td><td>ae ligature</td></tr><tr><td>ß</td><td>German sharp-s sign</td></tr><tr><td>∼</td><td>similarity sign</td></tr><tr><td>⊕</td><td>circle-plus</td></tr><tr><td>⊗</td><td>circle-times</td></tr><tr><td>×</td><td>times</td></tr><tr><td>∅</td><td>empty set (used for APL null)</td></tr><tr><td>µ</td><td>micro quantifier sign</td></tr><tr><td>→</td><td>right arrow</td></tr><tr><td>⇔</td><td>horizontal double arrow</td></tr><tr><td>™</td><td>trademark symbol</td></tr><tr><td>®</td><td>registered-trademark symbol</td></tr><tr><td>−</td><td>minus</td></tr><tr><td>±</td><td>plus-or-minus</td></tr><tr><td>Ø</td><td>slashed-O</td></tr><tr><td>@</td><td>schwa</td></tr><tr><td>´</td><td>acute accent</td></tr><tr><td>·</td><td>medial dot</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>We normally test with the latest build of Mozilla. If some of the
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special characters above look wrong, your browser has bugs in its
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standards-conformance and you should replace it.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pt01.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">The Jargon File </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Part I. Introduction</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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