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The Jargon Lexicon

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• 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:
• scram switch:
• scratch:
• scratch monkey:
• scream and die:
• screaming tty:
• screen:
• screen name:
• screw:
• screwage:
• scribble:
• script kiddies:
• scrog:
• scrool:
• scrozzle:
• scruffies:
• SCSI:
• ScumOS:
• search-and-destroy mode:
• second-system effect:
• secondary damage:
• security through obscurity:
• SED:
• 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:
• shelfware:
• shell:
• shell out:
• shift left (or right) logical:
• shim:
• shitogram:
• short card:
• shotgun debugging:
• shovelware:
• showstopper:
• shriek:
• Shub-Internet:
• sidecar:
• SIG:
• sig block:
• sig quote:
• sig virus:
• signal-to-noise ratio:
• silicon:
• silly walk:
• silo:
• Silver Book:
• since time T equals minus infinity:
• sitename:
• skrog:
• skulker:
• slab:
• slack:
• slap on the side:
• slash:
• slashdot effect:
• sleep:
• slim:
• slop:
• slopsucker:
• Slowlaris:
• slurp:
• smart:
• smart terminal:
• smash case:
• smash the stack:
• smiley:
• smoke:
• smoke and mirrors:
• smoke test:
• smoking clover:
• SMOP:
• smurf:
• SNAFU principle:
• snail:
• snail-mail:
• snap:
• snarf:
• snarf & barf:
• snarf down:
• snark:
• sneaker:
• sneakernet:
• sniff:
• snivitz:
• 'Snooze:
• 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:
• SOS:
• source of all good bits:
• space-cadet keyboard:
• spaceship operator:
• SPACEWAR:
• spaghetti code:
• spaghetti inheritance:
• spam:
• spamblock:
• spamhaus:
• spamvertize:
• spangle:
• spawn:
• special-case:
• speedometer:
• spell:
• spelling flame:
• spider food:
• spiffy:
• spike:
• spin:
• spl:
• splash screen:
• splat:
• spod:
• spoiler:
• spoiler space:
• sponge:
• spoof:
• spool:
• spool file:
• spungle:
• square tape:
• squirrelcide:
• stack:
• stack puke:
• stale pointer bug:
• star out:
• state:
• stealth manager:
• steam-powered:
• STFW:
• stiffy:
• stir-fried random:
• stomp on:
• Stone Age:
• stone knives and bearskins:
• stoppage:
• store:
• strided:
• stroke:
• strudel:
• stubroutine:
• studly:
• studlycaps:
• stunning:
• stupid-sort:
• Stupids:
• Sturgeon's Law:
• sucking mud:
• sufficiently small:
• suit:
• suitable win:
• suitably small:
• sun lounge:
• sun-stools:
• sunspots:
• super source quench:
• superloser:
• superprogrammer:
• superuser:
• support:
• surf:
• Suzie COBOL:
• swab:
• swap:
• swap space:
• swapped in:
• swapped out:
• swizzle:
• sync:
• syntactic salt:
• syntactic sugar:
• sys-frog:
• sysadmin:
• sysape:
• sysop:
• system:
• systems jock:
• system mangler:
• SysVile:

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The Jargon Lexicon

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