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Table of Contents

Welcome to the Jargon File

1. Introduction

2. The Jargon Lexicon
- Glossary
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  - A
  - B
  - C
  - D
  - E
  - F
  - G
  - H
  - I
  - J
  - K
  - L
  - M
  - N
  - O
  - P
  - Q
  - R
  - S
    - S/N ratio
    - sacred
    - saga
    - sagan
    - SAIL
    - salescritter
    - salt
    - salt mines
    - salt substrate
    - same-day service
    - samizdat
    - samurai
    - sandbender
    - sandbox
    - sanity check
    - Saturday-night special
    - say
    - scag
    - scanno
    - scary devil monastery
    - schroedinbug
    - science-fiction fandom
    - SCNR
    - scram switch
    - scratch
    - scratch monkey
    - scream and die
    - screaming tty
    - screen
    - screen name
    - screen scraping
    - screw
    - screwage
    - scribble
    - script kiddies
    - scrog
    - scrool
    - scrozzle
    - scruffies
    - SCSI
    - SCSI voodoo
    - search-and-destroy mode
    - second-system effect
    - secondary damage
    - security through obscurity
    - SED
    - See figure 1
    - segfault
    - seggie
    - segment
    - segmentation fault
    - segv
    - self-reference
    - selvage
    - semi
    - semi-automated
    - semi-infinite
    - senior bit
    - September that never ended
    - server
    - SEX
    - sex changer
    - shambolic link
    - shar file
    - sharchive
    - Share and enjoy!
    - shareware
    - sharing violation
    - shebang
    - shelfware
    - shell
    - shell out
    - shift left (or right) logical
    - shim
    - shitogram
    - shotgun debugging
    - shovelware
    - showstopper
    - shriek
    - Shub-Internet
    - SIG
    - sig block
    - sig quote
    - sig virus
    - sigmonster
    - signal-to-noise ratio
    - silicon
    - silly walk
    - silo
    - since time T equals minus infinity
    - sitename
    - skrog
    - skulker
    - slab
    - slack
    - slash
    - slashdot effect
    - sleep
    - slim
    - slop
    - slopsucker
    - Slowlaris
    - slurp
    - slurp the robot
    - smart
    - smart terminal
    - smash case
    - smash the stack
    - smiley
    - smoke
    - smoke and mirrors
    - smoke test
    - smoking clover
    - smoot
    - SMOP
    - smurf
    - SNAFU principle
    - snail
    - snail-mail
    - snap
    - snarf
    - snarf & barf
    - snarf down
    - snark
    - sneaker
    - sneakernet
    - sniff
    - snippage
    - SO
    - social engineering
    - social science number
    - sock puppet
    - sodium substrate
    - soft boot
    - softcopy
    - software bloat
    - software hoarding
    - software laser
    - software rot
    - softwarily
    - softy
    - some random X
    - sorcerer’s apprentice mode
    - source
    - source of all good bits
    - space-cadet keyboard
    - spaceship operator
    - SPACEWAR
    - spaghetti code
    - spaghetti inheritance
    - spam
    - spam bait
    - spamblock
    - spamhaus
    - spamvertize
    - spangle
    - spawn
    - special-case
    - speed of light
    - speedometer
    - spell
    - spelling flame
    - spider
    - spider food
    - spiffy
    - spike
    - spin
    - Spinning Pizza of Death
    - spl
    - splash screen
    - splat
    - splat out
    - splork!
    - spod
    - spoiler
    - spoiler space
    - sponge
    - spoof
    - spool
    - spool file
    - sporgery
    - sport death
    - spungle
    - spyware
    - squirrelcide
    - stack
    - stack puke
    - stale pointer bug
    - Stanford Bunny
    - star out
    - state
    - stealth manager
    - steam-powered
    - steved
    - STFW
    - stir-fried random
    - stomp on
    - Stone Age
    - stone knives and bearskins
    - stoppage
    - store
    - STR
    - strided
    - stroke
    - strudel
    - stubroutine
    - studly
    - studlycaps
    - stunning
    - stupid-sort
    - Stupids
    - Sturgeon’s Law
    - sucking mud
    - sufficiently small
    - suit
    - suitable win
    - suitably small
    - Sun
    - sun lounge
    - sun-stools
    - sunspots
    - super source quench
    - superloser
    - superprogrammer
    - superuser
    - support
    - surf
    - Suzie COBOL
    - swab
    - swap
    - swap space
    - swapped in
    - swapped out
    - Swiss-Army chainsaw
    - swizzle
    - sync
    - syntactic salt
    - syntactic sugar
    - sys-frog
    - sysadmin
    - sysape
    - sysop
    - system
    - system mangler
    - systems jock
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3. Appendices

jargon-i18n

2. The Jargon Lexicon
Glossary
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softy
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softy

n.

[IBM] Hardware hackers’ term for a software expert who is largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.

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