The letter G

• G [SI] pref.,suff. See quantifiers.
• gabriel /gay'bree-*l/ [for Dick Gabriel, SAIL LISP hacker and
• gag vi. Equivalent to choke, but connotes more disgust. "Hey,
• gang bang n. The use of large numbers of loosely coupled
• garbage collect vi. (also `garbage collection', n.) See GC.
• garply /gar'plee/ [Stanford] n. Another metasyntactic variable (see
• gas [as in `gas chamber'] 1. interj. A term of disgust and
• gaseous adj. Deserving of being gassed. Disseminated by
• GC /G-C/ [from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
• GCOS /jee'kohs/ n. A quick-and-dirty clone of
• GECOS /jee'kohs/ n. See GCOS.
• gedanken /g*-dahn'kn/ adj. Ungrounded; impractical; not
• geef v. [ostensibly from `gefingerpoken'] vt. Syn. mung. See
• geek out vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a
• gen /jen/ n.,v. Short for generate, used frequently in both spoken
• gender mender n. A cable connector shell with either two male or
• General Public Virus n. Pejorative name for some versions of the
• generate vt. To produce something according to an algorithm or
• gensym /jen'sim/ [from MacLISP for `generated symbol']
• Get a life! imp. Hacker-standard way of suggesting that the
• Get a real computer! imp. Typical hacker response to news that
• GFR /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP
• gig /jig/ or /gig/ [SI] n. See quantifiers.
• giga- /ji'ga/ or /gi'ga/ [SI] pref. See quantifiers.
• GIGO /gi'goh/ [acronym] 1. `Garbage In, Garbage Out' ---
• gilley [USENET] n. The unit of analogical bogosity. According to
• gillion /gil'y*n/ or /jil'y*n/ [formed from giga- by analogy
• GIPS /gips/ or /jips/ [analogy with MIPS] n.
• glark /glark/ vt. To figure something out from context. "The
• glass [IBM] n. Synonym for silicon.
• glass tty /glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ n. A terminal that
• glassfet /glas'fet/ [by analogy with MOSFET, the acronym for
• glitch /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
• glob /glob/, *not* /glohb/ [UNIX] vt.,n. To expand
• glork /glork/ 1. interj. Term of mild surprise, usually tinged with
• glue n. Generic term for any interface logic or protocol that
• gnarly /nar'lee/ adj. Both obscure and hairy (sense
• GNU /gnoo/, *not* /noo/ 1. [acronym `GNU's Not UNIX!',
• GNUMACS /gnoo'maks/ [contraction of `GNU EMACS'] Often-heard
• go flatline [from cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG
• go root [UNIX] vi. To temporarily enter root mode in order
• go-faster stripes [UK] Syn. chrome. Mainstream in some
• gobble vt. 1. To consume, usu. used with `up'. "The output
• Godzillagram /god-zil'*-gram/ n. [from Japan's national hero]
• golden adj. [prob. from folklore's `golden egg'] When used to
• golf-ball printer n. The IBM 2741, a slow but letter-quality
• gonk /gonk/ vt.,n. 1. To prevaricate or to embellish the truth
• gonkulator /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ [from the old "Hogan's Heroes" TV
• gonzo /gon'zoh/ [from Hunter S. Thompson] adj. Overwhelming;
• Good Thing n.,adj. Often capitalized; always pronounced as if
• gorets /gor'ets/ n. The unknown ur-noun, fill in your own
• gorilla arm n. The side-effect that destroyed touch-screens as a
• gorp /gorp/ [CMU perhaps from the canonical hiker's food, Good
• GOSMACS /goz'maks/ [contraction of `Gosling EMACS'] n. The first
• Gosperism /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to
• gotcha n. A misfeature of a system, especially a programming
• GPL /G-P-L/ n. Abbreviation for `General Public License' in
• GPV /G-P-V/ n. Abbrev. for General Public Virus in
• grault /grawlt/ n. Yet another metasyntactic variable, invented by
• gray goo n. A hypothetical substance composed of sagans of
• Great Renaming n. The flag day in 1985 on which all of the
• Great Runes n. Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some
• Great Worm, the n. The 1988 Internet worm perpetrated by
• great-wall [from SF fandom] vi.,n. A mass expedition to an
• Green Book n. 1. One of the three standard PostScript
• green bytes n. (also `green words') 1. Meta-information
• green card n. [after the "IBM System/360 Reference Data"
• green lightning [IBM] n. 1. Apparently random flashing streaks on
• green machine n. A computer or peripheral device that has been
• Green's Theorem [TMRC] prov. For any story, in any group of
• grep /grep/ [from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p , where
• grilf // n. Girl-friend. Like newsfroup and filk, a
• grind vt. 1. [MIT and Berkeley] To prettify hardcopy of code,
• grind crank n. A mythical accessory to a terminal. A crank on the
• gripenet [IBM] n. A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's
• gritch /grich/ 1. n. A complaint (often caused by a glitch).
• grok /grok/, var. /grohk/ [from the novel "Stranger in
• gronk /gronk/ [popularized by Johnny Hart's comic strip
• gronk out vi. To cease functioning. Of people, to go home and go
• gronked adj. 1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so
• grovel vi. 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress.
• grunge /gruhnj/ n. 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes
• gubbish /guhb'*sh/ [a portmanteau of `garbage' and
• guiltware /gilt'weir/ n. 1. A piece of freeware decorated
• gumby /guhm'bee/ [from a class of Monty Python characters,
• gun [ITS from the `GUN' command] vt. To forcibly
• gunch /guhnch/ [TMRC] vt. To push, prod, or poke at a device
• gurfle /ger'fl/ interj. An expression of shocked disbelief. "He
• guru n. [UNIX] An expert. Implies not only wizard skill but
• guru meditation n. Amiga equivalent of `panic' in UNIX
• gweep /gweep/ [WPI] 1. v. To hack, usually at night. At

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The letter H