jargon-i18n

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
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  - U
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  - W
    - w00t
    - wabbit
    - WAITS
    - waldo
    - walk
    - walk off the end of
    - walking drives
    - wall
    - wall follower
    - wall time
    - wall wart
    - wallhack
    - wango
    - wank
    - wannabee
    - war dialer
    - war-driving
    - war-chalking
    - -ware
    - warez
    - warez d00dz
    - warez kiddies
    - warlording
    - warm boot
    - wart
    - washing machine
    - washing software
    - water MIPS
    - wave a dead chicken
    - weasel
    - web pointer
    - web ring
    - web toaster
    - webify
    - webmaster
    - wedged
    - wedgie
    - wedgitude
    - weeble
    - weeds
    - weenie
    - Weenix
    - well-behaved
    - well-connected
    - wetware
    - whack
    - whack-a-mole
    - whacker
    - whales
    - What’s a spline?
    - wheel
    - wheel bit
    - wheel of reincarnation
    - wheel wars
    - white hat
    - whitelist
    - whizzy
    - Whorfian mind-lock
    - wibble
    - WIBNI
    - widget
    - wiggles
    - wild side
    - WIMP environment
    - win
    - win big
    - win win
    - Winchester
    - windoid
    - window shopping
    - Windowsitis
    - Windoze
    - winged comments
    - winkey
    - winnage
    - winner
    - winnitude
    - Wintel
    - Wintendo
    - wired
    - wirehead
    - wirewater
    - wish list
    - within delta of
    - within epsilon of
    - wizard
    - Wizard Book
    - wizard hat
    - wizard mode
    - wizardly
    - wok-on-the-wall
    - womb box
    - WOMBAT
    - womble
    - wonky
    - workaround
    - working as designed
    - worm
    - wormhole
    - wound around the axle
    - wrap around
    - write-only code
    - write-only language
    - write-only memory
    - Wrong Thing
    - wugga wugga
    - wumpus
    - WYSIAYG
    - WYSIWYG
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3. Appendices

jargon-i18n

2. The Jargon Lexicon
Glossary
W
wound around the axle
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wound around the axle

adj.

In an infinite loop. Often used by older computer types.

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