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	$heap->{Keepalive} = 60;

	$session->register_state('mung', __PACKAGE__, 'handler_mung');
}

sub handler_login {
	my ($kernel, $session, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, SESSION, HEAP];

	$kernel->yield('write', $heap->{Args}->{Login}, $heap->{Args}->{Password});
	# $kernel->yield('write', 'set PS1=', 'set TERM=none');
	$kernel->yield('write', 'config', 'if', 'prompt', 'mp off', 'q');
	$kernel->yield('write', 'channel -1 all');
	$kernel->yield('write', '');
}

sub handler_logout {
	my ($kernel, $session, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, SESSION, HEAP];
	$kernel->yield('write', 'quit');
}

sub handler_send {

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Balsa => <reply> $who, A GNOME mail client with support for local mailboxes, POP3, and IMAP. URL: http://www.balsa.net/
BANAL => <reply> $who, Book-keeping (and other stuff) for small businesses. URL: http://www.starnix.com/banal/
Bandmin => <reply> $who, Bandmin is a package that monitors and logs ip accounting data. URL: http://www.bandmin.org
Bang => <reply> $who, Open Source multi-user 3D browser. URL: http://bang.is/
Banner Ad Rotation Program => <reply> $who, Sell out and manage banner ads with Perl and SSI. URL: http://dave.imarc.net/perl.php
barboot => <reply> $who, Fancy boot loader. URL: http://www-eleves.enst-bretagne.fr/~timbert/soft/barboot/barboot-1.2.tar.bz2
barracuda => <reply> $who, Barracuda is a graphical BibTeX database manager. URL: http://barracuda.linuxbox.com
barrendero => <reply> $who, Program for keeping free space in the mail spool dir. URL: http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/~ediaz/barrendero/
Bartels AutoEngineer => <reply> $who, Schematic and layout editor for printed circuit or integrated circuit design. URL: http://www.bartels.de/bae.htm
Bash => <reply> $who, sh-compatible command language interpreter. URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
BashPrompt => <reply> $who, Configures the prompt in a bash shell. URL: http://chem20.chem.und.nodak.edu/themes/bash.html
Basilisk II => <reply> $who, An attempt at creating a free, portable 68k Mac emulator.. URL: http://www.Uni-Mainz.DE/~bauec002/B2Main.html
BASS => <reply> $who, Bulk Auditing Security Scanner. URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/data/tools/network/bass-1.0.7.tar.gz
Bastille Linux => <reply> $who, A comprehensive hardening program for Redhat Linux 6.0.. URL: http://bastille-linux.sourceforge.net/
Batalla Naval => <reply> $who, Networked BattleShip game. URL: http://www.pjn.gov.ar/~rquesada/batnav.html
BattleChat => <reply> $who, Chat interface for Blizzard's Battle.Net. URL: http://corvette.me.vt.edu/~ronelson/battlechat/
bawt => <reply> $who, A module-based multi-net/chan C bot expandable via perl.. URL: http://www.flame.org/~david/bawt.php3
Bazaar => <reply> $who, Threaded WWW Conferencing system with a MySQL backend. URL: http://www.icaap.org/Bazaar/
bb => <reply> $who, Audio visual demonstration for your text terminal. URL: http://www.ta.jcu.cz/aa/bb/
BBBS => <reply> $who, Full-featured BBS software with full FidoNet and InterNet support.. URL: http://www.bbbs.net
BBDB => <reply> $who, . URL: http://pw2.netcom.com/~simmonmt/bbdb/index.html

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suck => <reply> $who, Grabs news from a remote NNTP news server. URL: http://home.att.net/~bobyetman/
YAX Graphics System API => <reply> $who, The Application Program Interface for the YAX Graphics System.. URL: http://yax.netpedia.net
sugarplum => <reply> $who, Automated, secure perl spambot poisoner with many features. URL: http://www.devin.com/sugarplum/
sula => <reply> $who, Programmable multiple-server IRC Client for X with Guile extension. URL: http://members.xoom.com/fotang/sula/
YAX Window System => <reply> $who, A small window system for Unix.. URL: http://yax.netpedia.net/
Sula Primerix II => <reply> $who, Extensible multi-server IRC Client for X with embedded Scheme interpreter. URL: http://spx.linuxatwork.at/
Sulawesi => <reply> $who, Multimodal wearable/ubiquitous agent development environment. URL: http://wearables.essex.ac.uk/sulawesi/
Sulfur => <reply> $who, Framework for Python applications. URL: http://pyrite.linuxbox.com/sulfur/
Summary (Pro) => <reply> $who, Web server log analyzer tool. URL: http://summary.net/
super => <reply> $who, Program to allow general users to do superuser things. URL: ftp://ftp.ucolick.org:/pub/users/will/super-3.12.1.tar.gz
super-session => <reply> $who, Ultimate configuration for shell prompt and environment. URL: http://www.br.ibm.com/~aviram/software/super-session/description.html
Superficie => <reply> $who, A program for basic 3D surfaces viewing and manipulation.. URL: http://www.linuxsupportline.com/~superficie/
SuperHifs => <reply> $who, . URL: ftp://skynet.stack.nl/pub/linux/superhifs
supersniffer => <reply> $who, A portable enhanced super-sniffer with many modifications.. URL: http://www.mobis.com/ajax/projects/
survey => <reply> $who, List all your config. URL: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/scripts/survey-0.95.tar.gz
SuSE Linux => <reply> $who, SuSE Linux distribution. URL: http://www.suse.com/
SuSE Proxy-Suite => <reply> $who, Application-level gateway. URL: http://proxy-suite.suse.de/
susi => <reply> $who, An easy user-interface management. URL: http://www.ruhr.de/home/leser/
SVGA RIVA X-servers => <reply> $who, SVGA RIVA X-server with support for RIVA 128/TNT chipsets. URL: http://d128.com
svgalib => <reply> $who, Low-level graphics library that provides VGA and SVGA modes in a console. URL: http://www.svgalib.org/
svgamandel => <reply> $who, Mandelbrot program which uses svgalib, zooms and lets you save images.. URL: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/

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Text::Template => <reply> $who, Text::Template is a module for doing dynamic content generation in Perl. URL: http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/Template/Text-Template-1.23.tar.gz
ip_masq_q3a => <reply> $who, ip_masq_q3a is a patch for the ip_masq_quake module to get Q3A working properly on a masquerading (NAT) setup. URL: http://members.xoom.com/sneeze/download/ip_masq_quake.c
V2_OS => <reply> $who, The V2_OS is a brand-new operating system. URL: http://www.v2.nl/v2_os/
DinX => <reply> $who, DinX (DinX is not X) is an experimental windowing system that performs clipping and drawing inside Linux kernel modules. URL: http://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?form_grp=637
XLosung => <reply> $who, XLosung shows the Watchword (German: Losung), a daily verse from the Scripture chosen by lot from the Herrnhut Brethren Movement. URL: http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~koloska/xlosung/xlosung-1.6.0.tar.gz
Lexicon => <reply> $who, Lexicon is an English-Greek and Greek-English dictionary for Un*x systems. URL: http://www.linuxbox.com/~laoman/store/lexicon-0.2.tar.gz
SRPSocket.py => <reply> $who, SRPSocket is a Python module that creates an authenticated socket using the SRP (Secure Remote Password) protocol. URL: http://www.aist.go.jp/NIBH/~tomh/SRPSocket.tar.gz
getgui => <reply> $who, GETGUI is a simple X11 graphical user interface (GUI) box that can be invoked from the command line or from shell scripts to get user responses using buttons and/or key input.. URL: http://www.sgpr.net/freeware/getgui11.tar.gz
DayDream BBS => <reply> $who, Daydream BBS is conference-based AmiExpress/ PCBoard/ Tempest/ ViSiON-style BBS software for Linux.. URL: http://daydream.iwn.fi/download.html
boson => <reply> $who, Boson is a real-time strategy game, like Command & Conquer(tm) or StarCraft(tm). URL: http://aquila.rezel.enst.fr/boson/download/
lxpServ => <reply> $who, LXPServ is a C-based, socket-capable application server for Linux. URL: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/LXP/lxp.tar.gz
Rekop => <reply> $who, Rekop is a client-server poker game. URL: 
QuakeForge => <reply> $who, QuakeForge is a project created for the purpose of maintaining and extending Id Software's Quake source releases. URL: https://www.sourceforge.net/project/?form_grp=882
SpaceWatcher => <reply> $who, SpaceWatcher is meant to be run from cron to keep an eye on your disk partitions and warn you by e-mail/sms if the amount of free space falls below a threshold that you set.. URL: http://www.penguinpowered.demon.co.uk/wa...
makeconf.makefile => <reply> $who, makeconf.makefile creates good Makefiles for you step-by-step with the standard targets of make (all, clean, install, uninstall, dist, and help).. URL: http://kabalak.linuxbox.com/scripts.html
citygen => <reply> $who, citygen is a program which creates Medieval city and kingdom demographics. URL: http://www.frontiernet.net/~phantoml/adnd/citygen-1.4.tar.gz
dstool => <reply> $who, dstool is a dynamical systems toolkit. URL: ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/libc6/i386/dstool-tk-1.i386.rpm
libgsm_mmx => <reply> $who, libgsm_mmx is a set of MMX patches for the libgsm sound compression library. URL: http://www.megsinet.com/~stabro/gsm_mmx-1.0.10.tgz
newq => <reply> $who, newq is a Perl script that grabs quotes from datek.com and displays the bid, ask, last, volume, and change for each symbol it is given on the command line. URL: http://newq.blackwire.com/newq-0.1.tgz
mpatrol => <reply> $who, mpatrol is a link library that attempts to diagnose run-time errors that are caused by the wrong use of dynamically allocated memory. URL: 
Merchant-Store => <reply> $who, Merchant-Store is an easy-to-use Perl-based shopping cart script with an integrated product manager, backend order manager, and real-time credit card processing capabilities. URL: http://www.Merchant-Store.com/download...

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# Unix commands factpack
# Created: 12-29-99
# factpack creator: Sean Hollen

cd => Change the current working directory. Syntax: Cd (directory) Where directory is the directory which you want to change to. (".") refers to the current directory, "cd .." the parent directory. Example : cd /etc/usr: this will take you to the /et...
ls => Displays information about the named files and directories. Syntax: ls (file1) (file2) ...(fileN). Where file1 through fileN are the filenames or directories to list. The most commonly used options are -F (to display the file type) and -l (to g...
cp => Copies one or more files to another file or directory. Syntax: cp (file1) (file2) ...(fileN) (destination). Where file1 through fileN are the files to copy, and destination is the destination file or directory. Example: cp ../frog joe copies th...
mv => Moves one or more files to another file or directory. This command does the equivalent of a copy followed by the deletion of the original file. Where (file1) (file2) ...(fileN) (destination). Where file1 through fileN are the files to move, and...
rm => Deletes files. Note that when you delete a file under UNIX and or Linux they are unrecoverable!! Unlike MS DOS. Syntax: rm (file1) (file2) ...(fileN). Where file1 through fileN are the filenames to delete. The -i option prompts for confirmation...
mkdir => Creates new directories. Syntax: mkdir (dir1) (dir2) ...(dirN). Where dir1 through dirN are the directories to create. Example: mkdir /home/larry/test creates the directory test in /home/larry.
rmdir => Deletes empty directories. When using rmdir, the current working directory must not be within the directory to be deleted. Syntax: rmdir (dir1) (dir2) ...(dirN). Where dir1 through dirN are the directories to delete. Example: rmdir /home/lar...
man => Displays the manual page for that given command or resource (that is, any system utility that isn't a command, such as a library function. Syntax: man (command). Where command is the name of the command or resource to get help on. Example: man...
more => Displays the contents of the named files, one screenful at a time. Syntax: more (file1) (file2) ...(fileN). Where file1 through fileN are the files to display. Example: more papers/history-final displays the file papers/history-final.
cat => officially used to concatenate files. cat is also used to display the contents of a file on screen. Syntax: cat (file1) (file2) ...(fileN) Where file1 through fileN are the files to display. Example: cat letters/from-mdw displays the file lett...
echo => Displays the given arguments on the screen. Syntax: echo (arg1) (arg2) ..(argN). Where arg1 through argN are the arguments to echo. Example: echo "Hello World" displays the string "Hello World".
grep => Displays every line in one or more files that match the given pattern. Syntax: grep (pattern) (file1) (file2) ...(fileN). Where pattern is a regular expression pattern, and file1 through fileN are the files to search. Example: grep loomer /et...

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#Scott@Hardy.com
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#Infobot Calvin
#Dos commands


APPEND => Displays or sets the search path for data files. DOS will search the specified path(s) if the file is not found in the current path.
ASSIGN => (External) ASSIGN x=y [...] /sta Redirects disk drive requests to a different drive. 
ATTRIB => (External) ATTRIB [d:][path]filename [/S] ATTRIB [+R|-R] [+A|-A] [+S|-S] [+H|-H] [d:][path]filename [/S] Sets or displays the read-only, archive, system, and hidden attributes of a file or directory.
BACKUP => (External) BACKUP d:[path][filename] d:[/S][/M][/A][/F:(size)] [/P][/D:date] [/T:time] [/L:[path]filename] Makes a backup copy of one or more files. (In DOS Version 6, this program is stored on the DOS supplemental disk.)
BREAK  => (Internal) BREAK =on|off Used from the DOS prompt or in a batch file or in the CONFIG.SYS file to set (or display) whether or not DOS should check for a Ctrl + Break key combination.
BUFFERS => (Internal) BUFFERS=(number),(read-ahead number) Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to set the number of disk buffers (number) that will be available for use during data input. Also used to set a value for the number of sectors to be read in advan...
CALL => (Internal) CALL [d:][path]batchfilename [options] Calls another batch file and then returns to current batch file to continue.
CHCP => (Internal) CHCP (codepage) Displays the current code page or changes the code page that DOS will use.
CHDIR => (Internal) CHDIR (CD) [d:]path CHDIR (CD)[..] Displays working (current) directory and/or changes to a different directory.
CHKDSK => (External) CHKDSK [d:][path][filename] [/F][/V] Checks a disk and provides a file and memory status report.
CHOICE => (Internal) CHOICE [/C[:]keys] [/N][/S][/T[:]c,nn] [text] Used to provide a prompt so that a user can make a choice while a batch program is running. 
CLS => (Clear Screen) (Internal) CLS Clears (erases) the screen.
COMMAND => (External) COMMAND [d:][path] [device] [/P][/E:(size)] [/MSG][/Y [/C (command)|/K (command)] Starts a new version of the DOS command processor (the program that loads the DOS Internal programs).
COMP => (External) COMP [d:][path][filename] [d:][path][filename] [/A][/C][/D][/L][/N:(number)] Compares two groups of files to find information that does not match. (See FC command). 
COPY => (Internal) COPY [/Y|-Y] [/A][/B] [d:][path]filename [/A][/B] [d:][path][filename] [/V] or COPY [/Y|-Y][/A][/B] [d:][path]filename+[d:][path]filename[...][d:][path][filename] [/V] Copies and appends files.
COUNTRY => (Internal) COUNTRY=country code,[code page][,][d:][filename] Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to tell DOS to use country-specific text conventions during processing.
CTTY => (Internal) CTTY (device) Changes the standard I/O (Input/Output) device to an auxiliary device. 
DATE => (Internal) DATE mm-dd-yy Displays and/or sets the system date.
DBLSPACE => (External) DBLSPACE / automount=drives DBLSPACE A program available with DOS 6.0 that allows you to compress information on a disk.
DEBUG => (External) DEBUG [pathname] [parameters] An MS-DOS utility used to test and edit programs.
DEFRAG => (External) DEFRAG [d:] [/F][/S[:]order] [/B][/skiphigh [/LCD|/BW|/GO] [/H] DEFRAG [d:] [/V][/B][/skiphigh] [/LCD]|/BW|/GO] [/H]Optimizes disk performance by reorganizing the files on the disk.

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MSAV => (External) MSAV [d:] [/S|/C][/R][/A][/L][/N][/P][/F][/video][/mouse] SAV /video Scans your computer for known viruses. 
MSBACKUP => External) MSBACKUP [setupfile] [/BW|/LCD|/MDA] Used to backup or restore one or more files from one disk to another. 
MSCDEX => (External) MSCDEX /D:driver [/D:driver2. . .] [/E][/K][/S][/V][/L:letter] [/M:number] Used to gain access to CD-ROM drives (new with DOS Version 6).
MSD => (External) MSD [/B][/I] BSD [/I] [/F[d:][path]filename [/P[d:][path]filename [/S[d:][path]filename Provides detailed technical information about your computer. 
NLSFUNC => (External) NLSFUNC [d:][path]filename Used to load a file with country-specific information.
NUMLOCK => (Internal) NUMLOCK=on|off Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to specify the state of the NumLock key.
PATH => (Internal) PATH; PATH [d:]path[;][d:]path[...]  Sets or displays directories that will be searched for programs not in the current directory.
PAUSE => (Internal) PAUSE [comment]  Suspends execution of a batch file until a key is pressed.
POWER => (External) POWER [adv:max|reg|min]|std|off] Used to turn power management on and off, report the status of power management, and set levels of power conservation. 
PRINT => (External) PRINT [/B:(buffersize)] [/D:(device)] [/M:(maxtick)] [/Q:(value] [/S:(timeslice)][/U:(busytick)] [/C][/P][/T] [d:][path][filename] [...] Queues and prints data files.
PROMPT => (Internal) PROMPT [prompt text] [options]  Changes the DOS command prompt. 
RECOVER => (External) RECOVER [d:][path]filename RECOVER d: Resolves sector problems on a file or a disk. (Beginning with DOS Version 6, RECOVER is no longer available ).
REM => (Internal) REM [comment] Used in batch files and in the CONFIG.SYS file to insert remarks (that will not be acted on).
RENAME => (REN) (Internal) RENAME (REN) [d:][path]filename [d:][path]filename  Changes the filename under which a file is stored.
REPLACE => (External) REPLACE [d:][path]filename [d:][path] [/A][/P][/R][/S][/U][/W] Replaces stored files with files of the same name from a different storage location.
RESTORE=> (External) RESTORE d: [d:][path]filename [/P][/S][/B:mm-dd-yy] [/A:mm-dd-yy][/E:hh:mm:ss] [/L:hh:mm:ss] [/M][/N][/D] Restores to standard disk storage format files previously stored using the BACKUP command.
RMDIR => (RD) (Internal) RMDIR (RD) [d:]path Removes a subdirectory.
SCANDISK => (External) Starts the Microsoft ScanDisk program which is a disk analysis and repair tool used to check a drive for errors and correct any problems that it finds. 
SELECT => (External) SELECT [d:] [d:][path] [country code][keyboard code] Formats a disk and installs country-specific information and keyboard codes (starting with DOS Version 6, this command is no longer available).
SET => (Internal) SET (string1)=(string2) Inserts strings into the command environment. The set values can be used later by programs.
SETVER => (External) SETVER [d:]:path][filename (number)][/delete][/quiet]  Displays the version table and sets the version of DOS that is reported to programs.

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html <IMG LOWSRC> => (LOWSRC="url") Specifies an image to be displayed while the SRC image is being loaded. This alternate image should take much less time to download then the SRC image: it should be lower resolution, black and white, etc. 
html <IMG START> => (START="start option") The START attribute specifies when the browser should start to play the resource specified with the DYNSRC attribute. START=FILEOPEN instructs the browser to play the resource only when the file is opened. S...
html <IMG SRC> => (SRC="URL") Here "URL" identifies the image source, typically a GIF or JPEG file. 
html <IMG UNITS> => (UNITS=units) Here units is one of pixels, meaning the width and height are measured in pixels, or en, meaning the width and height are measured in en spaces.
html <IMG USEMAP> => (USEMAP="url") This attribute overrides the ISMAP attribute, if present, and if the browser supports client-side image maps. It uses the MAP element found at url to translate clicks. 
html <IMG WIDTH> => (WIDTH=number) This specifies the width of the image, according to the UNITS attribute. 
html <IMG VSPACE> => (VSPACE=number) Here number is the space, in pixels, to leave above and below the image. 
html <INPUT> => To be filled in at a later date <Form Input>
html <INS> => (Inserted Text) The inserted text tag marks text that has been inserted, for example in a group authoring situation or a legal document.
example <INS> => <INS> text </INS>
html <ISINDEX> => (Is Index) The isindex tag, which is only valid in a HEAD section, declares that the current HTML document is a searchable index. The user will be prompted for keywords to search for. A new URL will be formed by taking the base addr...
example <ISINDEX> => <ISINDEX HREF=URL> & <ISINDEX PROMPT=prompt> 
html <KBD> => <Keyboard> The keyboard tag defines text that should be shown in a fixed width font. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. Many browsers use the same font for th...
example <KBD> => <KBD> text </KBD>
html <LANG> => <Language> The language tag is used to alter the language used for a block of text.
example <lang> => <LANG> text </LANG>
html <LH> => <List Heading> The list heading tag defines the heading for an ordered, unordered, or definition list. Other tags may be embedded in a list heading. It must come before any List Item (LI) or Definition Term (DT) tags in the list.
example <lh> => <LH> text </LH>
html <LI> => <List Item> The list item tag defines one entry in an ordered, unordered, menu, or directory list. Other tags may be embedded in a list item.
html <LI attributes => SRC, DINGBAT, SKIP, TYPE, and VALUE
html <LI SRC> => The SRC attribute uses the image specified by the URL as the bullet for this item. <LI SRC=URL> text </LI>
html <LI DINGBAT> => The DINGBAT attribute identifies an iconic entity for the bullet. <LI DINGBAT="entity-name"> text </LI>

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ACK2 is  Semi-humorous.   Generally this sense is not spelled in caps (ACK) and is   distinguished by a following exclamation point.  3. Used to   politely interrupt someone to tell them you understand their point   (see {NAK}).  Thus, for example, y...
ACK3 is  with "Ack.  Ack.  Ack.  I get it now".   There is also a usage "ACK?" (from sense 1) meaning "Are you   there?", often used in email when earlier mail has produced no   reply, or during a lull in {talk mode} to see if the person has   gone a...
ACK4 is  course {NAK}   (sense 2), i.e., "I'm not here"). 
ad-hockery is  /ad-hok'*r-ee/ [Purdue] n. 1. Gratuitous assumptions   made inside certain programs, esp. expert systems, which lead to   the appearance of semi-intelligent behavior but are in fact   entirely arbitrary.  For example, fuzzy-matching in...
ad-hockery2 is  against a symbol table can make it look as   though a program knows how to spell.  2. Special-case code to cope   with some awkward input that would otherwise cause a program to   {choke}, presuming normal inputs are dealt with in som...
ad-hockery3 is  `ad-hackery', `ad-hocity'   (/ad-hos'*-tee/).  See also {ELIZA effect}. 
Ada is  n. A {{Pascal}}-descended language that has been made   mandatory for Department of Defense software projects by the   Pentagon.  Hackers are nearly unanimous in observing that,   technically, it is precisely what one might expect given that ...
Ada2 is  committee, crockish, difficult   to use, and overall a disastrous, multi-billion-dollar boondoggle   (one common description is "The PL/I of the 1980s").  Hackers   find Ada's exception-handling and inter-process communication   features par...
Ada3 is  daughter of   Lord Byron who became the world's first programmer while   cooperating with Charles Babbage on the design of his mechanical   computing engines in the mid-1800s) would almost certainly blanch   at the use to which her name has ...
Ada4 is  been said about it is that there is probably a good   small language screaming to get out from inside its vast,   {elephantine} bulk. 
adger is  /aj'r/ [UCLA] vt. To make a bonehead move with consequences   that could have been foreseen with a slight amount of mental   effort.  E.g., "He started removing files and promptly adgered the   whole project".  Compare {dumbass attack}.
admin is  /ad-min'/ n. Short for `administrator'; very commonly   used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person in charge   on a computer.  Common constructions on this include `sysadmin'   and `site admin' (emphasizing the administrator's...
admin2 is  or `newsadmin' (focusing specifically   on news).  Compare {postmaster}, {sysop}, {system   mangler}. 
ADVENT is  /ad'vent/ n. The prototypical computer adventure game, first   implemented on the {PDP-10} by Will Crowther as an attempt at   computer-refereed fantasy gaming, and expanded into a   puzzle-oriented game by Don Woods.  Now better known as ...
ADVENT2 is  system permitted only 6-letter   filenames.  See also {vadding}.   This game defined the terse, dryly humorous style now expected in   text adventure games, and popularized several tag lines that have   become fixtures of hacker-speak  "A...
ADVENT3 is  see no X here" (for some noun X).  "You are in a   maze of twisty little passages, all alike."  "You are in a little   maze of twisty passages, all different."  The `magic words'   {xyzzy} and {plugh} also derive from this game.   Crowthe...
ADVENT4 is  of the   Mammoth & Flint Ridge cave system; it actually *has* a   `Colossal Cave' and a `Bedquilt' as in the game, and the `Y2' that   also turns up is cavers' jargon for a map reference to a secondary   entrance. 
AI-complete is  /A-I k*m-pleet'/ [MIT, Stanford by analogy with   `NP-complete' (see {NP-})] adj. Used to describe problems or   subproblems in AI, to indicate that the solution presupposes a   solution to the `strong AI problem' (that is, the synthe...
AI-complete2 is  problem that is AI-complete is, in   other words, just too hard.   Examples of AI-complete problems are `The Vision Problem'   (building a system that can see as well as a human) and `The   Natural Language Problem' (building a syste...
AI-complete3 is  language as well as a human).  These may appear   to be modular, but all attempts so far (1991) to solve them have   foundered on the amount of context information and `intelligence'   they seem to require. See also {gedanken}. 
AI koans is  /A-I koh'anz/ pl.n. A series of pastiches of Zen   teaching riddles created by Danny Hillis at the MIT AI Lab around   various major figures of the Lab's culture (several are included in   appendix A).  See also {ha ha only serious}, {mu...

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Death Star is  [from the movie "Star Wars"] 1. The AT&T corporate   logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny   resemblance to the `Death Star' in the movie.  This usage is   particularly common among partisans of {BSD} UNIX,...
Death Star2 is  inferior and AT&T as a bad guy.  Copies   still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape   with a space fighter labeled 4.2 BSD streaking away from a broken   AT&T logo wreathed in flames.  2. AT&T's internal maga...
Death Star3 is  incorrectly done AT&T logo   in which the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light   --- a frequent result of dark-on-light logo images. 
DEC Wars is  n. A 1983 {USENET} posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr   spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms.  Some years   later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a   great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3...
DEC Wars2 is  WARS"; the two are often confused. 
DEChead is  /dek'hed/ n. 1. A DEC {field servoid}.  Not flattering.   2. [from `deadhead'] A Grateful Dead fan working at DEC.
deckle is  /dek'l/ [from dec- and {nickle}] n. Two {nickle}s;   10 bits.  Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the   Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide RAM but   10-bit-wide ROM.
deep hack mode is  n. See {hack mode}.
deep magic is  [poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] n. An   awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, esp. one   not generally published and available to hackers at large (compare   {black art}); one that could only have been co...
deep magic2 is  optimization techniques and many aspects of   {OS} design used to be {deep magic}; many techniques in   cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are.   Compare {heavy wizardry}.  Esp. found in comments of the form   "De...
deep space is  n. 1. Describes the notional location of any program   that has gone {off the trolley}.  Esp. used of programs that   just sit there silently grinding long after either failure or some   output is expected.  "Uh oh.  I should have gott...
deep space2 is  in deep space somewhere." Compare   {buzz}, {catatonic}, {hyperspace}.  2. The metaphorical   location of a human so dazed and/or confused or caught up in some   esoteric form of {bogosity} that he or she no longer responds   coherent...
defenestration is  [from the traditional Czechoslovak method of   assassinating prime ministers, via SF fandom] n. 1. Proper karmic   retribution for an incorrigible punster.  "Oh, ghod, that was   *awful*!"  "Quick! Defenestrate him!"  2. The act of...
defenestration2 is  better response time from a   full-screen program.  This comes from the dictionary meaning of   `defenestrate', which is to throw something out a window.  3. The   act of discarding something under the assumption that it will   im...
defenestration3 is  left."  "Well,   why don't you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old core dumps?"   4. [proposed] The requirement to support a command-line interface.   "It has to run on a VT100."  "Curses!  I've been   defenestrated!" 
defined as is  adj. In the role of, usually in an organization-chart   sense.  "Pete is currently defined as bug prioritizer."  Compare   {logical}.
dehose is  /dee-hohz/ vt. To clear a {hosed} condition.
delint is  /dee-lint/ v. To modify code to remove problems detected   when {lint}ing.
delta is  n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small   or incremental one (this use is general in physics and   engineering).  "I just doubled the speed of my program!"  "What   was the delta on program size?"  "About 30 percent."  (...
delta2 is  increased its size by only 30   percent.)  2. [UNIX] A {diff}, especially a {diff} stored   under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code   Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System).  3. n. A small   quantity, but ...
delta3 is    {delta} and {epsilon} stems from the traditional use of these   letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities,   particularly in `epsilon-delta' proofs in limit theory (as in the   differential calculus).  The term {delta} i...

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accumulator => n. 1. Archaic term for a register. On-line use of it as a synonym for `register' is a fairly reliable indication that the user has been around for quite a while and/or that the architecture under discussion is quite old. The term in fu...
ACK => /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge. Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!*). An appropriate response to ping or ENQ. 2. [from the comic strip "Bloom County"] An exclamation of surprised disgust...
ad-hockery => /ad-hok'*r-ee/ [Purdue] n. 1. Gratuitous assumptions made inside certain programs, esp. expert systems, which lead to the appearance of semi-intelligent behavior but are in fact entirely arbitrary. For example, fuzzy-matching input toke...
Ada => n. A {Pascal}-descended language that has been made mandatory for Department of Defense software projects by the Pentagon. Hackers are nearly unanimous in observing that, technically, it is precisely what one might expect given that kind of en...
adger => /aj'r/ [UCLA] vt. To make a bonehead move with consequences that could have been foreseen with a slight amount of mental effort. E.g., "He started removing files and promptly adgered the whole project". Compare {dumbass attack}.
admin => /ad-min'/ n. Short for `administrator'; very commonly used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person in charge on a computer. Common constructions on this include `sysadmin' and `site admin' (emphasizing the administrator's role as...
ADVENT => /ad'vent/ n. The prototypical computer adventure game, first implemented on the PDP-10 by Will Crowther as an attempt at computer-refereed fantasy gaming, and expanded into a puzzle-oriented game by Don Woods. Now better known as Adventure,...
AI-complete => /A-I k*m-pleet'/ [MIT, Stanford by analogy with `NP-complete' (see NP-)] adj. Used to describe problems or subproblems in AI, to indicate that the solution presupposes a solution to the `strong AI problem' (that is, the synthesis of a ...
AI koans => /A-I koh'anz/ pl.n. A series of pastiches of Zen teaching riddles created by Danny Hillis at the MIT AI Lab around various major figures of the Lab's culture (several are included in appendix A). See also {ha ha only serious}, mu, and {{H...
AIDS => /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX. See virus, worm, {Trojan horse}, virgin.
airplane rule => n. "Complexity increases the possibility of failure; a twin-engine airplane has twice as many engine problems as a single-engine airplane." By analogy, in both software and electronics, the rule that simplicity increases robustness (...
airplane rule2 => correspondingly argued that the right way to build reliable systems is to put all your eggs in one basket, after making sure that you've built a really *good* basket. 
aliasing bug => n. A class of subtle programming errors that can arise in code that does dynamic allocation, esp. via `malloc(3)' or equivalent. If more than one pointer addresses (`aliases for') a given hunk of storage, it may happen that the storag...
aliasing bug2 => then referenced through another, which may lead to subtle (and possibly intermittent) lossage depending on the state and the allocation history of the malloc arena. Avoidable by use of allocation strategies that never alias allocated...
aliasing bug3 => higher-level languages, such as LISP, which employ a garbage collector (see GC). Also called a {stale pointer bug}. See also {precedence lossage}, {smash the stack}, {fandango on core}, {memory leak}, {overrun screw}, spam. Historica...

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Death Star => [from the movie "Star Wars"] 1. The AT&T corporate logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny resemblance to the `Death Star' in the movie. This usage is particularly common among partisans of BSD UNIX, who tend ...
Death Star2 => inferior and AT&T as a bad guy. Copies still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape with a space fighter labeled 4.2 BSD streaking away from a broken AT&T logo wreathed in flames. 2. AT&T's internal magazine, `Fo...
Death Star3 => incorrectly done AT&T logo in which the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light --- a frequent result of dark-on-light logo images. 
DEC Wars => n. A 1983 USENET posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some years later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3-times-lon...
DEC Wars2 => WARS"; the two are often confused. 
DEChead => /dek'hed/ n. 1. A DEC {field servoid}. Not flattering. 2. [from `deadhead'] A Grateful Dead fan working at DEC.
deckle => /dek'l/ [from dec- and nickle] n. Two nickles; 10 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM.
deep hack mode => n. See {hack mode}.
deep magic => [poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] n. An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, esp. one not generally published and available to hackers at large (compare {black art}); one that could only have been composed ...
deep magic2 => optimization techniques and many aspects of OS design used to be {deep magic}; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare {heavy wizardry}. Esp. found in comments of the form "Deep magic beg...
deep space => n. 1. Describes the notional location of any program that has gone {off the trolley}. Esp. used of programs that just sit there silently grinding long after either failure or some output is expected. "Uh oh. I should have gotten a promp...
deep space2 => in deep space somewhere." Compare buzz, catatonic, hyperspace. 2. The metaphorical location of a human so dazed and/or confused or caught up in some esoteric form of bogosity that he or she no longer responds coherently to normal commu...
defenestration => [from the traditional Czechoslovak method of assassinating prime ministers, via SF fandom] n. 1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster. "Oh, ghod, that was *awful*!" "Quick! Defenestrate him!" 2. The act of exiting a...
defined as => adj. In the role of, usually in an organization-chart sense. "Pete is currently defined as bug prioritizer." Compare logical.
dehose => /dee-hohz/ vt. To clear a hosed condition.
delint => /dee-lint/ v. To modify code to remove problems detected when linting.
delta => n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled ...
demented => adj. Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error mess...
demigod => n. A hacker with years of experience, a national reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person ...
demo => /de'moh/ [short for `demonstration'] 1. v. To demonstrate a product or prototype. A far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. n. The act of demoing.
demo mode => [Sun] n. 1. The state of being {heads down} in order to finish code in time for a demo, usually due yesterday. 2. A mode in which video games sit there by themselves running through a portion of the game, also known as `attract mode'. So...

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