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	Jargon File - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original Jargon File was a collection of hacker slang from technical cultures including the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL), and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities including Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), Carnegie Mellon University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
		The Jargon File (hereafter referred to as 'jargon-1' or 'the File') was begun by Raphael Finkel at Stanford in 1975.
		Even as the advent of the microcomputer and other trends fueled a tremendous expansion of hackerdom, the File (and related materials such as the Some AI Koans in Appendix A) came to be seen as a sort of sacred epic, a hacker-culture Matter of Britain chronicling the heroic exploits of the Knights of the Lab.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jargon_file (1212 words)

	Computer science - Simple English Wikipedia
		Computers may answer some questions, but may take too much time.
		Computer science left the other sciences near the end of the 20th century and made its own ways of doing things and its own group of word uses.
		Computer engineering looks at the real parts of computers (those that a person could touch), and software engineering looks at the use of computer programs and how to make them.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Computer_science (773 words)

	Computer jargon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Computer jargon must be distinguished from hacker slang, which is the language of a certain subculture of people involved with computers.
		The calculation is done, serially, on the data using a polynomial which is selected to maximize the probability that any change in the data will be detected.
		Refers to a non-existent computer problem that is actually just incompetence by the user.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Computer_jargon (713 words)

	Computer jargon - Simple English Wikipedia
		Computer jargon means words to do with computers and surrounding topics.
		Knowing what these words mean can help you know more about computers.
		But with some 2.4 GHz processors faster than 3.6 GHz ones, it is clear that it is just a salesman trick.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Computer_jargon (138 words)

	Dictionary of computer jargon E-L
		All information on a computer is stored in files, whether it is part of a program, a document created by a user, a picture, or anything else.
		Person who uses computers to access ("hack") systems they are not supposed to have access to, eg other people's financial details, personnel files, military secrets etc. Hacking can get you arrested.
		The computer industry is often called the IT industry, and computer departments often refer to themselves as the IT department.
	www.jonstorm.com /glossary/glossel.htm (2454 words)

	Handy dandy computer jargon decoder
		On most computer keyboards the back slash key is located near the top-right corner of the main section of the keyboard, although this is not always the case.
		All information in your computer is measured in bytes, with one byte containing the equivalent of a single character, such as a letter of the alphabet, a number, a punctuation mark (including spaces) and so on.
		Many computer viruses are innocuous, some are harmful and can either damage information and programs on your computer or cause your computer to malfunction.
	www.geekgirls.com /absolute_beginners_jargon.htm (3421 words)

	icWales - Office blunders caused by computer jargon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Office workers are baffled by computer jargon and make serious business blunders because they see 'IT speak' as a foreign language, a survey has revealed.
		'Computers are something that all office workers use most of the time and you cannot avoid having some knowledge of them.
		But with the computer people have not got to the point where they are willing to lift up the bonnet and have a go themselves.'
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=16163299&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=office-blunders-caused-by-computer-jargon-name_page.html (565 words)

	Computer Jargon
		It is the computer's 'waiting room', where different hardware temporarily stores data without interfering with or delaying each other.
		The bus master directs data on the computer bus or input/output paths and controls the bus paths on which the address and control signals flow.
		Because multiple signals to the computer on the same interrupt line might not be understood by the computer, a unique value must be specified for each device and its path to the computer.
	www.deemo.freeserve.co.uk /computer_jargon.htm (1268 words)

	Computer and Internet Jargon:
		Computer that is very slow either because of very little memory or the CPU is old.
		Part of the computer that remembers (while the computer is running), however, it must be saved to a disk before the computer is turned off or it gone.
		Usually refers to a second disk/drive in a computer (using ISA bus) where 1 drive is designated as the master, or primary that the computer looks to when starting, and a second drive shares some internal resources, but must be made a slave to be used.
	www.web-friend.com /help/lingo/jargon.html (9021 words)

	Dictionary of computer jargon A-D
		Computers with different architecture, such as the PC and the Mac, cannot run each others' programs.
		A small data file stored on your computer by a website, in theory to allow it to "remember" your preferences, but in practise mostly used to track which adverts you have seen.
		When a computer program or operating system stops working completely or almost completely it (or the computer) is said to have "crashed".
	www.jonstorm.com /glossary (3053 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| 'Geek speak' confuses net users
		The average home computer user is bamboozled by technology jargon which is used to warn people about the most serious security threats online.
		A quarter said they knew what "spyware" was, although almost one in 10 of those thought it was a computer program that kept an eye on unfaithful partners.
		Computer criminals, who unsuccessfully attempted to steal money from Sumitomo Mitsui bank last month, used keylogging to record every key pressed on the bank's computers to get at sensitive passwords and other data.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/4413155.stm (510 words)

	The Computer Jargon Dictionary
		In the computer world, the same type of disc is used to store files and is known as CD ROM.
		Hardware is the computer itself and peripherals as such the printer ans scanner.
		Small portable computer which, while it will have the features of a desktop PC, usually has an LCD screen and is roughly the size of an A4 notepad.
	www.geocities.com /signalzender/dictionary (2524 words)

	Computer Jargon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The working space on your computer which holds all the programs running and the data you're working on.
		These chips hold data that can be read but not written to, can be used to run checks on a computer and then load up the operating system.
		Convert paper based information into a style that can be held on a computer.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /srac/computer_jargon.htm (665 words)

	Computer Jargon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Computer Chip - Any starchy food stuff consumed in mass quantities while programming.
		Floppy - The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer.
		Portable Computer - A device invented to force business men to work at home, on vacation and on business trips.
	www.bazza.com /sj/humour/ComputerJargon.html (238 words)

	The New Hacker's Dictionary
		Some other techspeak senses of jargon words are listed in order to make the jargon senses clear; where the text does not specify that a straight technical sense is under discussion, these are marked with `[techspeak]' as an etymology.
		One should use just enough jargon to communicate precisely and identify oneself as a member of the culture; overuse of jargon or a breathless, excessively gung-ho attitude is considered tacky and the mark of a loser.
		Computers are much pickier and less flexible about spelling than humans; thus, hackers need to be very precise when talking about characters, and have developed a considerable amount of verbal shorthand for them.
	www.eps.mcgill.ca /jargon/jargon.html#WrongThing (15758 words)

	Computer Jargon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Now that I've worked in a computer company for the last few years, I've gained an insider's perspective.
		The first computer was invented by Roger "Duffy" Billingsly, a British scientist.
		Of computer components, the most generous in terms of variety, and the skimpiest in terms of quantity.
	www.hamline.edu /~wnk/humor/jargon.html (539 words)

	The Hackers' Dictionary of Computer Jargon - = D - Di = (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Used as jargon in a generalization of its techspeak meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved to the other coast is a dangling pointer.
		The jargon usage is now very rare outside UNIX sites and now nearly obsolete even there, as `dd(1)' has been {deprecated} for a long time (though it has no exact replacement).
		The jargon usage of {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).
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/tech/computers/TheHackersDictionaryofComputerJargon/chap21.html (4275 words)

	Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon
		When your computer consults the originating server computer, the cookie is sent back to the server, allowing it to respond to you according to the cookie's contents.
		Computer robot programs, referred to sometimes as "crawlers" or "knowledge-bots" or "knowbots" that are used by search engines to roam the World Wide Web via the Internet, visit sites and databases, and keep the search engine database of web pages up to date.
		Another excellent encyclopedia for computer jargon and many other topics is Widepedia, "The Free Encyclopedia." Excellent context and background for many topics.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary.html (4660 words)

	Computer jargon - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		GOMS - Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules; hard science approach to HCI developed by Card, Moran & Newell in spelled out in their book "The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction, 1983.
		Newbie - (Also n00b and newb) a newcomer to a certain computer topic or program, usually seeking out help from more experienced users.
		The New Penguin Dictionary of Computing : An A-Z of Computing Jargon and Concepts (Penguin Reference Books)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /computer_jargon.htm (677 words)

	Computer Humor
		After ensuring the computer was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened when she pushed the power button.
		When you go into a computer store, you eavesdrop on a salesperson talking with customers -- and you butt in to correct him and spend the next twenty minutes answering the customers' questions, while the salesperson stands by silently, nodding his head.
		The goal is to remove all computers from the desktop by December 31,1999, thus avoiding the anticipated Y2K problem.
	www.fenichel.com /CompHumor.shtml (4091 words)

	Computer Jargon (S)
		script A type of computer code than can be directly executed by a program that understands the language in which the script is written.
		On the World Wide Web, the server is the computer that runs the Web server program that responds to HTTP protocol requests by providing Web pages.
		Server-side image maps require your server to compute the target URL of the hyperlink based on the cursor coordinates.
	www.bobjude.co.uk /bobjude/tutor/abbr/s.html (914 words)

	Computer Jargon
		This term is one of the oldest in the jargon and no one is sure of its etymology, but it is suggestive that there is a Cruft Hall at Harvard University which is part of the old physics building; it’s said to have been the physics department's radar lab during WWII.
		At mainframe shops, where the computers have operators for routine administrivia, the programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the operators and claim that a trained monkey could do their job.
		Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers or software in order to achieve some goal; the term is usually restricted to rituals that include both an incantation or two and physical activity or motion.
	www.davidenglish.com /jar.html (4452 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Computer terms 'confuse workers'
		Most office workers find computer jargon as difficult to understand as a foreign language, a survey suggests.
		Terms such as jpeg, javascript and cookies are among the problem words highlighted by firm Computer People.
		The recruiter, which questioned 1,500 workers, says effective technology professionals "understand the need to tailor their levels of jargon".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/4272382.stm (277 words)

	Office blunders caused by computer jargon
		Saying you don't understand tech jargon is like saying you don't have the comprehension to do your job.
		There are many user-focused glossaries of computer terms out there for the IT pro to use as an educational tool for users.
		Anyone that has used a computer for more than a few months should learn wtf programs they are using and what those programs basic functions are.
	digg.com /links/Office_blunders_caused_by_computer_jargon (1348 words)

	Webopedia: Quick Reference Area
		A computer's BIOS will produce a series of beeps when it performs its POST and finds a failure in the system.
		In TCP/IP and UDP networks, a port is an endpoint to a logical connection and the way a client program specifies a specific server program on a computer in a network.
		As the technology leaps forward at a rapid pace, the list will continue to grow as new innovators make their mark on the industry.
	www.webopedia.com /quick_ref (999 words)

	Computer jargon Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CAD- Computer Aided Design; particular software design program, esp. architectural
		CRC- Cyclic Redundancy Check; a specific type of checksum added data that can be used to verify that the data was received without bits being dropped during transimisson or storage/retrival.
		Provisioning - Provisioning can be defined as the process of expediting all the tasks between receiving a request for a service (for example: access to a web-enabled application from a potential customer) and making that service available to the customer.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/c/co/computer_jargon.html (544 words)

	BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms
		A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
		This will greatly aid seniors making purchases relating to Computers, Televisions, Digital Cameras, Cell Phones, Disk Drives and Disks, Printers and more.
		First compiled when I became frustrated while reading magazine articles, help wanted ads and equipment for sale brochures....all pertaining to computers....where the following Abbreviations and Acronyms were used and their meanings were either not known to me or were not immediately available.
	www.geocities.com /ikind_babel/babel/babel.html (545 words)

	B2B, CBT, WBT...confused by computer jargon? Computer Basics Corp's dictionary of computer terminology will help you ...
		Computer Basics Corp's dictionary of computer terminology will help you Get the Basics and Beyond(tm).
		Computer Basics Corp's dictionary of computer terminology will help you Get the Basics and Beyond™.
		Computer Basics Corp specializes in B2B consulting, customized courseware, WBT, CBT, IBT, and on-site instructor-led training for Oracle® Applications through 11i, Microsoft® Office products, and proprietary systems.
	www.mcdel.com /cbc/terms.html (200 words)

	Estes Park Internet Computer Users Group (EPICUG)
		The Estes Park Computer Users Group (EPICUG) meets Tuesday 1/17/2006 at 7:00 PM upstairs in Room 210 of the Estes Park Public Library (335 East Elkhorn).
		The Estes Park Internet Computer Users Group (EPICUG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a forum for the Estes Park community to learn about the Internet and computer-related technology and innovation.
		EPICUG meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in computers and the Internet.
	www.epicug.org (228 words)

	David English's Home Page
		I won't be able to update it on a regular basis, but I will attempt to provide relevant and up-to-date information whenever I can.
		Expect the entries to center on technology, especially upcoming computer- and consumer-based technologies.
		The EZ Bus Mini draws so little power, you should be able to use it with almost any notebook computer with a built-in USB port.
	www.davidenglish.com (4180 words)

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