The New Hacker's Dictionary
This new edition of the hacker's own phenomenally successful lexicon includes more than 100 new entries and updates or revises 200 more. Historically and etymologically richer than its predecessor, it supplies additional background on existing entries and clarifies the murky origins of several important jargon terms (overturning a few long-standing folk etymologies) while still retaining its high giggle value.. . . . SAMPLE DEFINITION: :hacker: n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with...
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This new edition of the hacker's own phenomenally successfullexicon includes more than 100 new entries and updates orrevises 200 more. Booknews A completely revised, updated, and expanded (with nearly five times as many entries) edition of the 1983 Hacker's dictionary. Collects, defines, and demystifies, with considerable color and wit, the remarkable slang used by the growing international community of computer programmers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Confessions of a Happy HackerHacker in a Strange LandPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the Third EditionIntroductionOf Slang, Jargon, and TechspeakRevision HistoryHow Jargon WorksJargon ConstructionVerb DoublingSoundalike slangThe '-P' conventionOvergeneralizationSpoken inarticulationsAnthropomorphizationComparativesHacker Writing StyleEmail Quotes and Inclusion ConventionsHacker Speech StyleInternational StyleCrackers, Phreaks, and LamersHow to Use the LexiconPronunciation GuideOther Lexicon ConventionsThe Jargon Lexicon[^A-Za-Z]Appendix A Hacker FolkloreThe Meaning of 'Hack'TV Typewriters: A Tale of Hackish IngenuityA Story About 'Magic'AI KoansOS and JEDGARThe Story of Mel, a Real ProgrammerAppendix B A Portrait of J. Random HackerGeneral AppearanceDressReading HabitsOther InterestsPhysical Activity and SportsEducationThings Hackers Detest and AvoidFoodPoliticsGender and EthnicityReligionCeremonial ChemicalsCommunication StyleGeographical DistributionSexual HabitsPersonality CharacteristicsWeaknesses of the Hacker PersonalityMiscellaneousAppendix C Helping Hacker Culture GrowBibliographyContributors
\ BooknewsA completely revised, updated, and expanded (with nearly five times as many entries) edition of the 1983 Hacker's dictionary. Collects, defines, and demystifies, with considerable color and wit, the remarkable slang used by the growing international community of computer programmers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ \ \ Mondo 2000For anyone who likes to have slippery, elastic fun with language, this is a time for celebration. . . . The New Hacker's Dictionary . . . is not only a useful guidebook to very much un-official technical terms and street tech slang, but also a de facto ethnography of the early years of the hacker culture.\ \ \ Byte MagazineMy current favorite is `wave a dead chicken.' New to you? You've waved a dead chicken when you've gone through motions to satisfy onlookers (suits?), even when you're sure it's all futile. Raymond's book exhilarates. . . . The New Hacker's Dictionary, though, is not for skimming. Allot, each day, a half hour, severely timed if you hope to get any work done. \ --Hugh Kenner\ \
