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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rogue</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="rococo.html" title="rococo"/><link rel="next" href="room-temperature-IQ.html" title="room-temperature IQ"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rogue</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rococo.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="room-temperature-IQ.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rogue"/><dt xmlns="" id="rogue"><b>rogue</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [Unix] <span class="grammar">n.</span> A
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Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using character graphics, written under BSD
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Unix and subsequently ported to other Unix systems. The original BSD
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">curses</span>(3)</span>
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screen-handling package was hacked together by Ken Arnold primarily to
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support games, and the development of
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rogue</span>(6)</span>
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popularized its use; it has since become one of Unix's most important and
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heavily used application libraries. Nethack, Omega, Larn, Angband, and an
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entire subgenre of computer dungeon games (all known as
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‘roguelikes’) all took off from the inspiration provided by
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rogue</span>(6)</span>;
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the popular Windows game Diablo, though graphics-intensive, has very
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similar play logic. See also <a href="../N/nethack.html"><i class="glossterm">nethack</i></a>,
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<a href="../M/moria.html"><i class="glossterm">moria</i></a>, <a href="../A/Angband.html"><i class="glossterm">Angband</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [Usenet] <span class="grammar">adj.</span> An
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<a href="../I/ISP.html"><i class="glossterm">ISP</i></a> which permits net abuse (usually in the form of
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<a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a>ming) by its customers, or which itself engages
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in such activities. Rogue ISPs are sometimes subject to
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<a href="../I/IDP.html"><i class="glossterm">IDP</i></a>s or <a href="../U/UDP.html"><i class="glossterm">UDP</i></a>s. Sometimes
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deliberately misspelled as “<span class="quote">rouge</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rococo.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="room-temperature-IQ.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">rococo </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> room-temperature IQ</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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