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August => <reply> $who, A free html editor for Linux/Unix.. URL: http://august.seul.org/
aumix => <reply> $who, Color text mode sound mixer with GPM support. URL: http://jpj.net/~trevor/aumix.html
Aurora => <reply> $who, Graphical init controller for Linux. URL: http://aurora.mini.dhs.org/
Authen::Smb => <reply> $who, Perl module to authenticate against NT domain servers from UNIX. URL: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Authen/
Authenticated User Community for Education => <reply> $who, CGI-based intranet system intended for K-12 settings. URL: http://library.advanced.org/27155/
authlocal => <reply> $who, Automatic authentication of connections from localhost. URL: http://shadowlands.org/authlocal/
auth_ipc_module => <reply> $who, Shadow password authentication module for Apache. URL: http://sb.123.org/mod_auth_ipc.html
auth_ldap => <reply> $who, LDAP authentication for Apache. URL: http://www.rudedog.org/auth_ldap/
Auto DynDns => <reply> $who, Perl Frontend to DDUP, a dyndns updater. URL: http://www.iol7.com/funtaff/autodyndns/
Auto Redialer => <reply> $who, Auto Redialer for ppp-go and ppp-on scripts. URL: http://members.xoom.com/jengelbr/
auto-upload => <reply> $who, program that uploads files to an FTP account non-interactively. URL: http://cryogen.com/ror4/work/
Autobuse => <reply> $who, Log monitoring and reporting tool. URL: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/autobuse/
AutoCD => <reply> $who, Autostarts audio/data/mixed CDs when they're inserted.. URL: http://www.linuxstart.com/~igloo/download/autocd/
Autoclose => <reply> $who, This utility automatically closes one app when another is finished. URL: http://www.crosswinds.net/~pkrishnan/
autoconf => <reply> $who, Package of m4 macros to produce scripts that automatically configures sourcecode. URL: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/autoconf/
autoconf-sectest => <reply> $who, GNU autoconf macros to test for various common secure holes at configure time. URL: http://checkps.alcom.co.uk/
AutoConvert => <reply> $who, Chinese GB/HZ/BIG5 encoding auto convert. URL: http://banyan.dlut.edu.cn/~ygh/
autodep => <reply> $who, Automatically generate C, C++ and Java dependancies for make. URL: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~gnb/#autodep
Autofs => <reply> $who, Kernel based automounter for linux. URL: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/
AutoGen => <reply> $who, Templatized program/text generation system. URL: http://autogen.linuxbox.com/
autoinst => <reply> $who, RedHat RPM Autoinstaller plugin for Netscape. URL: http://www.lug.usf.edu/~g0ne/
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Dump/Restore => <reply> $who, Utilities to dump and restore an ext2 partition. URL: http://perso.cybercable.fr/pop/dump/
durep => <reply> $who, Disk Usage Reporter. URL: http://www.hibernaculum.demon.co.uk/
dusk => <reply> $who, irc script that ports BitchX commands and documentation to portuguese. URL: http://www.linux.trix.net/irc-intro.htm
dvipdfm => <reply> $who, Dvipdfm is a DVI to PDF translator.. URL: http://odo.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/
dvorak7min => <reply> $who, ncurses-based typing tutor for the Dvorak layout. URL: http://personal.redestb.es/ragnar/
DWUN => <reply> $who, Controls PPP link by client requests for connection. URL: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~umbrella/
dxpc => <reply> $who, X protocol compressor. URL: http://www.vigor.nu/dxpc/
DXSpider DX Cluster => <reply> $who, A Ham Radio DX Cluster written in perl for Linux. URL: http://www.dxcluster.org
DyDNS => <reply> $who, Dynamic DNS environment for intranets. URL: http://freetings.com/linux/index.html
dyn-html => <reply> $who, Scripts which generate redirection Web pages for dynamic IP users. URL: http://www.linuxnetmag.de/series/projects/dyn_html.html
dyn-ip-page.sh => <reply> $who, This script makes files containing your IP and uploads them. URL: http://www.apci.net/~shorti/dyn-ip-page.html
dynahtml.pl => <reply> $who, HTML-editing Perl script. URL: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/spoon/index.html
Dynamic DNS Perl Scripts => <reply> $who, A Set of Perl scripts to update a domain using bind8 Dynamic Update Feature. URL: http://www.dynam.ac/dns/
Dynamic DNS Server Client => <reply> $who, The server opens port 7007 and listens for incoming connections. URL: http://www.crashed.net/~chet/
DynamicJava => <reply> $who, Java source interpreter. URL: http://www.inria.fr/koala/djava/
Dynamics - HUT Mobile IP => <reply> $who, Dynamic, scalable, hierarchical Mobile IP system with localized location updates. URL: http://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/Dynamics/
DynAPI => <reply> $who, development library for DHTML web applications, games, and animations. URL: http://www.dansteinman.com/dynapi/
DynDNS => <reply> $who, Dynamic DNS server. URL: http://dyn.stech.net/
Dynip.expet => <reply> $who, Expect script to update a web page with your IP address.. URL: http://www.loop.com/~vipvop/dyn.html
dynipserv => <reply> $who, Dynamic IP Server. URL: http://www.my-linux.org/~doubt/
E*Reminders => <reply> $who, Web-based reminder software. URL: http://allie.alliedtours.com/~eremind/EReminder.html
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GtkPlot => <reply> $who, 2D Scientific plots widget for Gtk+. URL: http://www.ifir.edu.ar/grupos/gtk/
gtkpool => <reply> $who, Simple GTK+ pool game. URL: http://gtkpool.seul.org/
GtkPortScan => <reply> $who, A simple yet very useful GUI port scanner done with Gtk+ for Linux.. URL: http://armageddon.splorg.org/gtkportscan/
Gtkrun => <reply> $who, A small gtk program to quickly run a command line from X. URL: http://www.trump.net.au/~mugwa/gtkrun/index.html
GtkSC => <reply> $who, Utility for listing and playing SHOUTcast streams. URL: http://umn.edu/~hick0088/projects/gtksc.shtml
GtkShadow => <reply> $who, web-oriented graphic tool. URL: http://www.comm.cc/~gianx/linux.html
GtkSheet => <reply> $who, A matrix/grid widget for Gtk+. URL: http://www.ifir.edu.ar/grupos/gtk/index.html
GtkSigGen => <reply> $who, An audio signal generator with a GTK+ interface.. URL: http://cygnus.ipal.org/
gtkSlash => <reply> $who, Gtk+ based Slashdot headlines news ticker. URL: http://www.sonic.net/~tengel/gtkslash/
GtkSQL => <reply> $who, Interactive query tool for PostgreSQL. URL: http://www.multimania.com/bbrox/GtkSQL/
gtkstamp => <reply> $who, A GTK+ app for grabbing, timestamping, and uploading jpegs from a quickcam. URL: http://stamp.netpedia.net
GTKstep => <reply> $who, Improves the default look and feel of the GTK+ widget set. URL: http://ulli.linuxbox.com/gtkstep/
GTKtalog => <reply> $who, Fast Disk Catalog using a friendly interface.. URL: http://gtktalog.iskewl.com/
gtktetcolor => <reply> $who, A small Tetris clone for X.. URL: http://www.dvgu.ru/ifit/~panov/gtktetcolor/
GtkTiLink => <reply> $who, A TI calculators <-> PC communication program using a GTK interface. URL: http://gtktilink.ticalc.org/
GTKtrue => <reply> $who, The long awaited GUI to /bin/true. URL: http://www.mds.mdh.se/~dat95jnn/linux/gtrue/
gtkTwiddler => <reply> $who, GTK based driver for the Twiddler device produced by HandyKey. URL: http://escher.maths.wits.ac.za/~stewart/gtkTwiddler/
gtKuickres => <reply> $who, A wharf dockable, quick, point and click way to change video modes.. URL: http://www.erols.com/imoore/gtkuickres
GTKWave => <reply> $who, Wave viewer for Verilog simulation. URL: http://daggit.pagecreator.com/ver/wave/
GtkWhois => <reply> $who, GTK frontend to the 'whois' command. URL: http://www.kadets.d20.co.edu/~jgeo/GtkWhois/
GtkX10 => <reply> $who, GTK app for controlling X10 devices from a Firecracker device. URL: http://darkblack.dhs.org/projects/gtkx10/
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MP3 Requester => <reply> $who, php / mysql requesting front end to shout ( icecast ). URL: http://radio.ammiinc.com
MP3 Server Box => <reply> $who, MP3 Player that can be controlled over network. URL: http://igalaxie.com/ltt/mp3/
MP3-Studio => <reply> $who, Integrated enviroment for playing and recording MP3-files. URL: http://mp3.nederland.net/
mp3.app => <reply> $who, . URL: http://global.uibk.ac.at/~fatal/mp3-app/
Mp32SQL => <reply> $who, Searches for mp3 files and adds them to an SQL database. URL: http://wrm.grdn.net/mp32sql/
mp3agent => <reply> $who, Automatic search and retrieval for mp3 files. URL: http://www.digitallabyrinth.com/linux/mp3agent/index.html
mp3album.pl => <reply> $who, MP3 Album list generator in Perl. URL: http://zeus.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~corion/
mp3blaster => <reply> $who, Provides interactive playing of mp3 files on a text console. URL: http://www.stack.nl/~brama/mp3blaster.html
MP3c => <reply> $who, Audio-CD to MP3-Converter, with use of CDDB. URL: http://excelsior.kullen.rwth-aachen.de/WSPse/Linux-MP3c.php3
mp3d => <reply> $who, Client-server MP3-player. URL: http://student.fho-emden.de/~hhaak/progs.html
mp3db => <reply> $who, Recursively scans a directory for mp3s and uploads them to a database or file.. URL: http://www.malign.net/~bojay/hacks/
MP3ENC => <reply> $who, Demo version of a commercial MP3 encoder. URL: http://www.iis.fhg.de/amm/download/mp3enc/
MP3html => <reply> $who, Make configurable listings of MP3s based on their ID3v1 tags. URL: http://ns.bethany.edu/bdc/software/mp3html.html
MP3info => <reply> $who, A small program to set MP3s' ID3. URL: ftp://ftp.ssi.aaum.pt/pub/linux/mp3info/
mp3info (second) => <reply> $who, A simple utility to read, write and print MP3-TAG info. URL:
Mp3Jukebox => <reply> $who, Internet/Web-based Mp3Jukebox. URL: http://ananke.worldonline.nl/~t755188/
mp3lg => <reply> $who, mp3 playlist generator with neat sorting/scanning abilities. URL: http://www.kalifornia.com/~sym/warez
Mp3Make => <reply> $who, Automates ripping and encoding of mp3's, using cddb to name them.. URL: http://linuxlounge.dyn.ml.org
Mp3Maker.app => <reply> $who, Window Maker enhanced CDDA grabber and MP3 encoder frontend. URL: http://www.users.comcity.de/~schueler/Apps/mp3maker.html
mp3producer => <reply> $who, completely automatic mp3 ripping and encoding. URL: http://members.xoom.com/xmago/
mp3pvm => <reply> $who, Convert CD-ROMS to MP3 format in < real-time using clusters. URL: http://gamma.cbos.org/mp3pvm/
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OBM => <reply> $who, Intranet application to help manage a company or a contact database.. URL: http://www.aliacom.fr/obm/
Obsequiuem => <reply> $who, Network based MP3 RTP/multicast streaming jukebox. URL: http://obs.freeamp.org/
Obsidian => <reply> $who, OpenSource 3D network game for Linux and SGI. URL: http://www.zog.net.au/computers/obsidian/
OCaml => <reply> $who, Objective Caml is the latest implementation of the Caml dialect of ML. URL: http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/
ocs-base => <reply> $who, Base system for Linux intranet applications. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za
ocsadmin => <reply> $who, ocsadmin is a web admin tool to maintain user accounts. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za/
ocscal => <reply> $who, An intranet calendar system featuring shared appointments. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za/
ocschat => <reply> $who, Intranet Chat server and embedded java client, assimilated for ocsweb project. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za/
ocsemail => <reply> $who, Electronic web email system for you intranet. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za/
ocsexplorer => <reply> $who, ocsexplorer is an intranet file explorer for linux. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za
ocsfiles => <reply> $who, Front-end to your ftp site, allowing easy uploads and indexing. URL: http://demo.obsidian.co.za/
Octave => <reply> $who, . URL: http://bevo.che.wisc.edu/octave/
OCTREE => <reply> $who, 3D-CAD for architects / Powerful User Interface by Menu Motion Control. URL: http://www.octree.de
ODARS ISP Server => <reply> $who, Lets you easily host and manage Win clients' Web databases.. URL: http://www.odars.com/
ODBC-ODBC Bridge => <reply> $who, Provides ODBC access from Unix to remote ODBC data sources. URL: http://beta.easysoft.com/
oFBis => <reply> $who, Framebuffer graphical library for Linux.. URL: http://osis.nocrew.org/ofbis/
OfflineMailer => <reply> $who, Offline mail handler. URL: http://huizen.dds.nl/~wottie/mailer/
oidentd => <reply> $who, ident (rfc1413) daemon for linux that allows users to specify usernames. URL: http://www.numb.org/~odin/
ojslib => <reply> $who, Object-JavaScript library for developing Web-based applications. URL: http://acuity.cis.ohio-state.edu/ojstools/
ojstools => <reply> $who, Tools to simplify JavaScript programming. URL: http://acuity.cis.ohio-state.edu/ojstools/
OKI4Linux => <reply> $who, Linux driver for the OKI4w and OKI400W printers. URL: http://develop.dacotec.net/
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PC/SC Resource Manager => <reply> $who, PC/SC smartcard Resource Manager, applications and drivers. URL: http://www.linuxnet.com/
Pcb => <reply> $who, . URL: ftp://ftp.uni-ulm.de/pub/pcb/mirror/
PCCS NRM => <reply> $who, Network Resource Manager (PC, NW Printers, and Software). URL: http://www.pccs-linux.com/pccsnrm/
pcemu => <reply> $who, Software-only PC emulator supporting an 8086 with text-only VGA. URL: http://wired.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~dg/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?/Unix/PCEmu
PCI Utilities => <reply> $who, Utilities for diagnostics and cofiguration of PCI devices. URL: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/pciutils.html
PCI40A/FastDAC Linux driver => <reply> $who, Device driver for PCI40 Industry pack carrier board and FastDAC. URL: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~vkorol1/pci40/
pciaudio => <reply> $who, . URL: http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~sailer/linux/pciaudio.html
pcl-cvs => <reply> $who, emacs frontend to CVS. URL: ftp://rum.cs.yale.edu/pub/monnier/pcl-cvs/
pclock => <reply> $who, A customizable dockable analog clock for Window Maker.. URL: http://www.kourakos.com/~awk/pclock/
pcmcia-cs => <reply> $who, Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA or ``PC Card'' support package.. URL: http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/
PCP => <reply> $who, Stubborn upload/download program. URL: http://www.pike-community.org/code/show_single.html?id=2
PCRE => <reply> $who, A library that implements Perl 5-style regular expressions.. URL: ftp://ftp.cus.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programs/pcre/
pcwd => <reply> $who, Berkshire Products PC Watchdog Card Linux Kernel Driver. URL: http://www.eiboeck.de/goodies/linux/
PD AI => <reply> $who, Primitive AI for study, porting and further development.. URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7256/pdai.html
PDAddUser => <reply> $who, Tool for administering large amounts of users easily from simple text lists. URL: http://ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us/~pdavis/
PDAI => <reply> $who, Public Domain Artificial Intelligence for Linux, etc.. URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7256/pdai.html
PDFindex => <reply> $who, Tool to create a PDF index from your PDF archive.. URL: http://www.sanface.com/
pdksh => <reply> $who, Public domain version of the Korn Shell , POSIX sh. URL: http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh/
pdmenu => <reply> $who, . URL: http://kitenet.net/programs/pdmenu/
pdq => <reply> $who, Printing system. URL: http://feynman.tam.uiuc.edu/pdq/
ped => <reply> $who, A text editor with an emacs/vi-like user interface written in perl.. URL: ftp://ftp.sypher.com/pub/ped/
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tprint => <reply> $who, tprint is a configuration utility for Canon BJC printers. URL: http://www.crosswinds.net/~trazor/tprint/tprint-0.1.tar.gz
MailNow => <reply> $who, MailNow provides Web-based email for unlimited addresses on multiple domains using a single catchall POP account per domain.. URL:
Solinger Java Sdbm => <reply> $who, Java Sdbm is a Java port of Sdbm, the default disk hash that is distributed with Perl. URL: https://sourceforge.net/project/?form_grp=357
SoLinger Java CrackLib => <reply> $who, Solinger Java Cracklib is the initial Java port of the CrackLib password checker library. URL: http://www.sourceforge.net/project/?form_grp=357
Java Napster => <reply> $who, JNapster is a Java implementation of the Napster client which allows you to download and share MP3s over the Internet. URL: http://www.tux.org/~daneel/content/projects/10.shtml
Site Studio => <reply> $who, Site Studio is an online template-based Web site creation tool. URL:
RSync Manager => <reply> $who, RSync Manager (RSM) is a set of Python scripts to add and update packages for rsync-based mirror sites, and also create some nice HTML statistics from the logs. URL: http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ckotso/RSM/RSM-0.2.0....
lispreader => <reply> $who, lispreader is a small library for reading expressions in Lisp syntax. URL: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/~schani/lispreader/lispreader-0.1.tar.gz
KIrcPoker => <reply> $who, KIrcPoker is a graphical interface client to the on-line poker games that are played on the popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server at irc.poker.net.. URL: http://www.geocities.com/~engstad/kircpoker/kircpoker-0.3.tar.gz
Euro Converter => <reply> $who, Euro Converter is a little calculator which automagically converts Euro amounts into other equivalent currency values. URL: http://www.jedi.claranet.fr/euroconvert.tar.gz
PHP File Upload Class => <reply> $who, fileupload.class extends PHP's native support for uploading image and text files through a Web browser. URL: http://dave.imarc.net/downloads/fileupload.tar.gz
ixj => <reply> $who, Device drivers for Quicknet's Internet LineJACK and Internet PhoneJACK telephony/VoIP cards.. URL: http://www.quicknet.net/develop.htm
RDX => <reply> $who, RDX (Reverse Distributed Cron-like System) is a set of clients to connect to a server, and identify themselves via a string, and get a job list with schedules. URL: http://www.nobis.com/~ora/CS.tar.gz
dnscvsutil => <reply> $who, dnscvsutil maintains your DNS zone files under CVS control, and automatically updates reverse zones.. URL: http://hq.yok.utu.fi/download/
Moe Music => <reply> $who, Moe Music is a Web front end to mpg123 that contains a list of songs that can be queued and selected.. URL: http://www.users.bigpond.com/jwrennie/moe_music.0.1.0.tar.gz
RandGen => <reply> $who, RandGen is a small applet that can generate random data in CSV format which can be imported into postgresql or other DBMs.. URL:
POPNow => <reply> $who, POPNow allows you to provide a Web-based POP3 email front-end to your users with a browser interface in a secure environment.. URL:
Space Plumber => <reply> $who, Space Plumber is a 3D game, where you must find and activate the water extraction pumps from a maze of corridors before water level increases, swamping everything. URL: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/9961...
E-Wireless => <reply> $who, E-Wireless is an Enlightenment epplet that will monitor the signal quality of an 802.11-compliant wireless networking card. URL: http://www.bitshift.org/E-Wireless.tar.gz
UTIS => <reply> $who, UTIS is a graphical application that helps you find the shortest route between two stations in the Metro of Paris. URL: http://www.jedi.claranet.fr/utis-1.0.tar.gz
Directory Lister => <reply> $who, Directory Lister is a tool which will recurse through subdirectories in order to produce a detailled listing of their contents. URL: http://www.jedi.claranet.fr/dlister-1.0.tar.gz
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double bucky2 is {bucky bits} (control and meta shifting keys) were nice, but there weren't enough of them; you could type only 512 different characters on a Stanford keyboard. An obvious way to address this was simply to add more shifting ...
double bucky3 is keyboard with that many shifting keys is hard on touch-typists, who don't like to move their hands away from the home position on the keyboard. It was half-seriously suggested that the extra shifting keys be implemented as pe...
double bucky4 is much like playing a full pipe organ. This idea is mentioned in a parody of a very fine song by Jeffrey Moss called "Rubber Duckie", which was published in `The Sesame Street Songbook' (Simon and Schuster 1971, ISBN 671-21036-...
double bucky5 is 1978, in celebration of the Stanford keyboard See also {meta bit}, {cokebottle}, and {quadruple bucky}.
double DECkers is n. Used to describe married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
doubled sig is [USENET] n. A {sig block} that has been included twice in a {USENET} article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More ofte...
doubled sig2 is experience in electronic communication. See {BIFF}, {pseudo}.
down is 1. adj. Not operating. "The up escalator is down" is considered a humorous thing to say, and "The elevator is down" always means "The elevator isn't working" and never refers to what floor the elevator is on. With respect to computer...
down2 is mainstream; the extension to other kinds of machine is still hackish. 2. `go down' vi. To stop functioning; usually said of the {system}. The message from the {console} that every hacker hates to hear from the operator is "The sys...
down3 is down', `bring down' vt. To deactivate purposely, usually for repair work or {PM}. "I'm taking the system down to work on that bug in the tape drive." Occasionally one hears the word `down' by itself used as a verb in this vt. sens...
download is vt. To transfer data or (esp.) code from a larger `host' system (esp. a {mainframe}) over a digital comm link to a smaller `client' system, esp. a microcomputer or specialized peripheral. Oppose {upload}. However, note that groun...
download2 is rule for this term. Space-to-earth transmission is always download and the reverse upload regardless of the relative size of the computers involved. So far the in-space machines have invariably been smaller; thus the upload/down...
DP is /D-P/ n. 1. Data Processing. Listed here because, according to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a {suit}. See {DPer}. 2. Common abbrev for {Dissociated Press}.
DPB is /d*-pib'/ [from the PDP-10 instruction set] vt. To plop something down in the middle. Usage silly. "DPB yourself into that couch there." The connotation would be that the couch is full except for one slot just big enough for you to ...
DPB2 is the name of a PDP-10 instruction that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. This usage has been kept alive by the Common LISP function of the same name.
DPer is /dee-pee-er/ n. Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that {suit}s use this term self-referentially. "*Computers* process data, not people!" See {DP}.
dragon is n. [MIT] A program similar to a {daemon}, except that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an accounting program, which keeps track of who is logg...
dragon2 is etc. Under ITS, many terminals displayed a list of people logged in, where they were, what they were running, etc., along with some random picture (such as a unicorn, Snoopy, or the Enterprise), which was generated by the `name d...
dragon3 is and most other OSes this would be called a `background demon' or {daemon}. The best-known UNIX example of a dragon is `cron(1)'. At SAIL, they called this sort of thing a `phantom'.
Dragon Book is n. The classic text `Compilers Principles, Techniques and Tools', by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6), so called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labeled `c...
Dragon Book2 is bearing the lance `LALR parser generator' among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the `Red Dragon Book' (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled `Principles Of Compiler Design' (Alfred V. A...
Dragon Book3 is ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the `Green Dragon Book' (1977). (Also `New Dragon Book', `Old Dragon Book'.) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gaun...
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UNIX weenie2 is is the ability to tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and needless complexity that is alleged to infest many UNIX programs. "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in 69 bletcherous ways. It must...
UNIX weenie3 is 2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of UNIX. Often appearing in the context "stupid UNIX weenie". See {Weenix}, {UNIX conspiracy}. See also {weenie}.
unixism is n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems. Common {unixism}s include gratuitous use of `for...
unixism2 is undocumented but well-known features of UNIX libraries such as `stdio(3)' are supported elsewhere; reliance on {obscure} side-effects of system calls (use of `sleep(2)' with a 0 argument to clue the scheduler that you're willing ...
unixism3 is assumption that freshly allocated memory is zeroed; and the assumption that fragmentation problems won't arise from never `free()'ing memory. Compare {vaxocentrism}; see also {New Jersey}.
unswizzle is v. See {swizzle}.
unwind the stack is vi. 1. [techspeak] During the execution of a procedural language, one is said to `unwind the stack' from a called procedure up to a caller when one discards the stack frame and any number of frames above it, popping back up...
unwind the stack2 is this is done with `longjmp'/`setjmp', in LISP with `throw/catch'. See also {smash the stack}. 2. People can unwind the stack as well, by quickly dealing with a bunch of problems "Oh heck, let's do lunch. Just a second ...
unwind-protect is [MIT from the name of a LISP operator] n. A task you must remember to perform before you leave a place or finish a project. "I have an unwind-protect to call my advisor."
up is adj. 1. Working, in order. "The down escalator is up." Oppose {down}. 2. `bring up' vt. To create a working version and start it. "They brought up a down system." 3. `come up' vi. To become ready for production use.
upload is /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host' one. A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called a {...
upload2 is ground-to-space comm under that entry). 2. [speculatively] To move the essential patterns and algorithms that make up one's mind from one's brain into a computer. Only those who are convinced that such patterns and algorithms captu...
upload3 is prospect with gusto.
upthread is adv. Earlier in the discussion (see {thread}), i.e., `above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also {followup}.
urchin is n. See {munchkin}.
USENET is /yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ [from `Users' Network'] n. A distributed {bboard} (bulletin board) system supported mainly by UNIX machines. Originally implemented in 1979-1980 by Steve Bellovin, Jim Ellis, Tom Truscott, and Steve Daniel a...
USENET2 is become international in scope and is now probably the largest decentralized information utility in existence. As of early 1991, it hosts well over 700 {newsgroup}s and an average of 16 megabytes (the equivalent of several thousan...
USENET3 is discussion, chatter, and {flamage} every day.
user is n. 1. Someone doing `real work' with the computer, using it as a means rather than an end. Someone who pays to use a computer. See {real user}. 2. A programmer who will believe anything you tell him. One who asks silly questions. ...
user2 is is true that users ask questions (of necessity). Sometimes they are thoughtful or deep. Very often they are annoying or downright stupid, apparently because the user failed to think for two seconds or look in the documentation befo...
user3 is 3. Someone who uses a program from the outside, however skillfully, without getting into the internals of the program. One who reports bugs instead of just going ahead and fixing them. The general theory behind this term is that ther...
user4 is program there are implementors (hackers) and {luser}s. The users are looked down on by hackers to a mild degree because they don't understand the full ramifications of the system in all its glory. (The few users who do are known as ...
user5 is a skilled hacker may be a user with respect to some program he himself does not hack. A LISP hacker might be one who maintains LISP or one who uses LISP (but with the skill of a hacker). A LISP user is one who uses LISP, whether s...
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dot file2 => be optionally recorded; a user can customize the program's behavior by creating the appropriate file in the current or home directory. See also {rc file}.
double bucky => adj. Using both the CTRL and META keys. "The command to burn all LEDs is double bucky F." This term originated on the Stanford extended-ASCII keyboard, and was later taken up by users of the {space-cadet keyboard} at MIT. A typical MI...
double bucky2 => {bucky bits} (control and meta shifting keys) were nice, but there weren't enough of them; you could type only 512 different characters on a Stanford keyboard. An obvious way to address this was simply to add more shifting keys, and ...
double bucky3 => keyboard with that many shifting keys is hard on touch-typists, who don't like to move their hands away from the home position on the keyboard. It was half-seriously suggested that the extra shifting keys be implemented as pedals; ty...
double bucky4 => much like playing a full pipe organ. This idea is mentioned in a parody of a very fine song by Jeffrey Moss called "Rubber Duckie", which was published in `The Sesame Street Songbook' (Simon and Schuster 1971, ISBN 671-21036-X). Thes...
double bucky5 => 1978, in celebration of the Stanford keyboard See also {meta bit}, cokebottle, and {quadruple bucky}.
double DECkers => n. Used to describe married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
doubled sig => [USENET] n. A {sig block} that has been included twice in a USENET article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however,...
doubled sig2 => experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
down => 1. adj. Not operating. "The up escalator is down" is considered a humorous thing to say, and "The elevator is down" always means "The elevator isn't working" and never refers to what floor the elevator is on. With respect to computers, this u...
download => vt. To transfer data or (esp.) code from a larger `host' system (esp. a mainframe) over a digital comm link to a smaller `client' system, esp. a microcomputer or specialized peripheral. Oppose upload. However, note that ground-to-space co...
DP => /D-P/ n. 1. Data Processing. Listed here because, according to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a suit. See DPer. 2. Common abbrev for {Dissociated Press}.
DPB => /d*-pib'/ [from the PDP-10 instruction set] vt. To plop something down in the middle. Usage silly. "DPB yourself into that couch there." The connotation would be that the couch is full except for one slot just big enough for you to sit in. DPB...
DPer => /dee-pee-er/ n. Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that suits use this term self-referentially. "*Computers* process data, not people!" See DP.
dragon => n. [MIT] A program similar to a daemon, except that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an accounting program, which keeps track of who is logged in, acc...
Dragon Book => n. The classic text `Compilers Principles, Techniques and Tools', by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6), so called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labeled `complexi...
Dragon Book2 => bearing the lance `LALR parser generator' among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the `Red Dragon Book' (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled `Principles Of Compiler Design' (Alfred V. Aho and Jef...
Dragon Book3 => ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the `Green Dragon Book' (1977). (Also `New Dragon Book', `Old Dragon Book'.) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at ...
Dragon Book4 => representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also {{book titles}}.
drain => [IBM] v. Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it offline.
dread high-bit disease => n. A condition endemic to PRIME (a.k.a. PR1ME) minicomputers that results in all the characters having their high (0x80) bit ON rather than OFF. This of course makes transporting files to other systems much more difficult, n...
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UNIX conspiracy5 => workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
UNIX weenie => [ITS] n. 1. A derogatory play on `UNIX wizard', common among hackers who use UNIX by necessity but would prefer alternatives. The implication is that although the person in question may consider mastery of UNIX arcana to be a wizardly ...
UNIX weenie2 => is the ability to tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and needless complexity that is alleged to infest many UNIX programs. "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in 69 bletcherous ways. It must have bee...
UNIX weenie3 => 2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of UNIX. Often appearing in the context "stupid UNIX weenie". See Weenix, {UNIX conspiracy}. See also weenie.
unixism => n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems. Common unixisms include gratuitous use of `fork(2)'; th...
unswizzle => v. See swizzle.
unwind the stack => vi. 1. [techspeak] During the execution of a procedural language, one is said to `unwind the stack' from a called procedure up to a caller when one discards the stack frame and any number of frames above it, popping back up to the...
unwind the stack2 => this is done with `longjmp'/`setjmp', in LISP with `throw/catch'. See also {smash the stack}. 2. People can unwind the stack as well, by quickly dealing with a bunch of problems "Oh heck, let's do lunch. Just a second while I unw...
unwind-protect => [MIT from the name of a LISP operator] n. A task you must remember to perform before you leave a place or finish a project. "I have an unwind-protect to call my advisor."
up => adj. 1. Working, in order. "The down escalator is up." Oppose down. 2. `bring up' vt. To create a working version and start it. "They brought up a down system." 3. `come up' vi. To become ready for production use.
upload => /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host' one. A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called a download ...
upthread => adv. Earlier in the discussion (see thread), i.e., `above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also followup.
urchin => n. See munchkin.
USENET => /yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ [from `Users' Network'] n. A distributed bboard (bulletin board) system supported mainly by UNIX machines. Originally implemented in 1979-1980 by Steve Bellovin, Jim Ellis, Tom Truscott, and Steve Daniel at Duke Uni...
user => n. 1. Someone doing `real work' with the computer, using it as a means rather than an end. Someone who pays to use a computer. See {real user}. 2. A programmer who will believe anything you tell him. One who asks silly questions. [GLS observe...
user-friendly => adj. Programmer-hostile. Generally used by hackers in a critical tone, to describe systems that hold the user's hand so obsessively that they make it painful for the more experienced and knowledgeable to get any work done. See menuit...
user-obsequious => adj. Emphatic form of user-friendly. Connotes a system so verbose, inflexible, and determinedly simple-minded that it is nearly unusable. "Design a system any fool can use and only a fool will want to use it." See {WIMP environment...
USG UNIX => /U-S-G yoo'niks/ n. Refers to AT&T UNIX commercial versions after {Version 7}, especially System III and System V releases 1, 2, and 3. So called because during most of the life-span of those versions AT&T's support crew was called the `U...
UTSL => // [UNIX] n. On-line acronym for `Use the Source, Luke' (a pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke!" in `Star Wars') --- analogous to RTFM but more polite. This is a common way of suggesting that someone would be best off reading the sou...
UUCPNET => n. The store-and-forward network consisting of all the world's connected UNIX machines (and others running some clone of the UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy) software). Any machine reachable only via a {bang path} is on UUCPNET. See {network addre...
vanilla => [from the default flavor of ice cream in the U.S.] adj. Ordinary flavor, standard. When used of food, very often does not mean that the food is flavored with vanilla extract! For example, `vanilla wonton soup' means ordinary wonton soup, a...
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