The Jargon File

A comprehensive compendium of hacker slang, tradition, folklore and humour: 2,307 entries, version 4.4.7.

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Generated from the source text by Eric S. Raymond (catb.org), as one plain HTML page per entry, with links to the entries each one mentions and to those that mention it. Images, including some of the Crunchly cartoons, appear in the entries that reference them. No tracking; JavaScript is optional and only powers search, previews and the interactive link map. Courtesy of John Switzerland. As an aside, I asked ChatGPT (Feb 13, 2023 version) to write a story about the early computing days, using Jargon File references. See also mojibake (文字化け).