The Jargon File
The hacker's dictionary, grown since 1975: what 'foo' means, why there is a 'bar', what a 'bogon' is. Read the glossary like a novel.
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- Outside
- www.catb.org
- Submitted
- by the directory, 2026-10-13
- Weird rating
- ✦✦✦·· odd
- Followed
- 1 time
- Last checked
- 2026-10-14 — reachable
- Tags
- dictionary hackers history
Where to next
- Computer History Museum computerhistory.org ✦····
- Folklore.org www.folklore.org ✦✦···
- RFC 1149: IP over Avian Carriers www.rfc-editor.org ✦✦✦✦✦
- The International Obfuscated C Code Contest www.ioccc.org ✦✦✦✦·