44 lines
2.9 KiB
Plaintext
44 lines
2.9 KiB
Plaintext
Welcome to the Jargon File
|
|
|
|
This is the Jargon File, a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang
|
|
illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor. This
|
|
document (the Jargon File) is in the public domain, to be freely used,
|
|
shared, and modified. There are (by intention) no legal restraints on what
|
|
you can do with it, but there are traditions about its proper use to which
|
|
many hackers are quite strongly attached. Please extend the courtesy of
|
|
proper citation when you quote the File, ideally with a version number, as
|
|
it will change and grow over time. (Examples of appropriate citation form:
|
|
Jargon File 4.4.6 or The on-line hacker Jargon File, version 4.4.6, 4 Oct
|
|
2003. ) The Jargon File is a common heritage of the hacker culture. Over the
|
|
years a number of individuals have volunteered considerable time to
|
|
maintaining the File and been recognized by the net at large as editors of
|
|
it. Editorial responsibilities include: to collate contributions and
|
|
suggestions from others; to seek out corroborating information; to
|
|
cross-reference related entries; to keep the file in a consistent format;
|
|
and to announce and distribute updated versions periodically. Current
|
|
volunteer editors include: Eric Raymond esr@thyrsus.com Although there is no
|
|
requirement that you do so, it is considered good form to check with an
|
|
editor before quoting the File in a published work or commercial product. We
|
|
may have additional information that would be helpful to you and can assist
|
|
you in framing your quote to reflect not only the letter of the File but its
|
|
spirit as well. All contributions and suggestions about this file sent to a
|
|
volunteer editor are gratefully received and will be regarded, unless
|
|
otherwise labelled, as freely given donations for possible use as part of
|
|
this public-domain file. From time to time a snapshot of this file has been
|
|
polished, edited, and formatted for commercial publication with the
|
|
cooperation of the volunteer editors and the hacker community at large. If
|
|
you wish to have a bound paper copy of this file, you may find it convenient
|
|
to purchase one of these. They often contain additional material not found
|
|
in on-line versions. The three authorized editions so far are described in
|
|
the Revision History section; there may be more in the future. The Jargon
|
|
File's online rendition uses an unusually large number of special
|
|
characters. This test page lists them so you can check what your browser
|
|
does with each one. glyph description greek character lambda greek character
|
|
Lambda greek character pi pound sterling left angle bracket right angle
|
|
bracket ae ligature German sharp-s sign similarity sign circle-plus
|
|
circle-times times empty set (used for APL null) micro quantifier sign
|
|
right arrow horizontal double arrow trademark symbol registered-trademark
|
|
symbol minus plus-or-minus slashed-O schwa acute accent medial dot Prev
|
|
Up Next The Jargon File Home PartI.
|
|
|