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Excerpt: ... other people?"), but it can be used simply as an elaborate version of random in any sense. Node: J. Random Hacker, Next: jack in, Previous: J. Random, Up: = J = J. Random Hacker /J rand'm hak'r/ n. very common A mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier; the archetypal hacker nerd. This term is one of the oldest in the jargon, apparently going back to MIT in the 1960s. See random, Suzie COBOL . This may originally have been inspired by J. Fred Muggs', a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert' (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See also Fred Foobar . Node: jack in, Next: jaggies, Previous: J. Random Hacker, Up: = J = jack in v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or BBS, esp. for purposes of entering a virtual reality simulation such as a MUD or IRC (leaving is "jacking out"). This term derives from cyberpunk SF, in which it was used for the act of plugging an electrode set into neural sockets in order to interface the brain directly to a virtual reality. It is primarily used by MUD and IRC fans and younger hackers on BBS systems. Node: jaggies, Next: Java, Previous: jack in, Up: = J = jaggies /jag'eez/ n. The stairstep' effect observable when an edge (esp. a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display). Node: Java, Next: JCL, Previous: jaggies, Up: = J = Java An object-oriented language originally developed at Sun by James Gosling (and known by the name "Oak") with the intention of being the successor to C++ (the project was however originally sold to Sun as an embedded language for use in set-top boxes). After the great Internet explosion of 1993-1994, Java was hacked into a byte-interpreted language and became the focus of a relentless hype campaign by Sun, which touted it as the new language of choice for distributed applications. Java is indeed a stronger and...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781153748742
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 294
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1153748746
  • Publisher Date: 22 Aug 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 580 gr


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