[Tfug] Re: OT Hacker Slang (Once more after reading instructions...)

[Mike Martinet]

1) abend - Heard, unknown
2) bletch - Heard, unknown
3) blinkenlights - Heard as hardware reference - part of a joke
memo posted on a piece of equipment, "...hands off... relaxen und
watchen das blinkenlights..."
4) DAU - Never heard
5) DRECNET - Never heard
6) gedanken - Heard as Navy slang - 'Gedunk' for candy, magazines, etc
7) glitch - Heard - Snag, complication
8) gonk - Never heard
9) kluge - Heard - inelegant, ungainly yet serviceable solution
10) paper money - Never heard in reference to computing




MjM