The letter I

• I didn't change anything! interj. An aggrieved cry often heard as
• I see no X here. Hackers (and the interactive computer games they
• IBM /I-B-M/ Inferior But Marketable; It's Better Manually;
• IBM discount n. A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from
• ICBM address n. (Also `missile address') The form used to
• ice [coined by USENETter Tom Maddox, popularized by William
• idempotent [from mathematical techspeak] adj. Acting as if used
• If you want X, you know where to find it. There is a legend that
• ifdef out /if'def owt/ v. Syn. for condition out, specific
• ill-behaved adj. 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or
• IMHO // [from SF fandom via USENET; abbreviation for `In My Humble
• Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted! [USENET] prov. Since
• in the extreme adj. A preferred superlative suffix for many hackish
• inc /ink/ v. Verbal (and only rarely written) shorthand for
• incantation n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that
• include vt. [USENET] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of
• include war n. Excessive multi-leveled including within a
• indent style [C programmers] n. The rules one uses to indent code
• index n. See coefficient of X.
• infant mortality n. It is common lore among hackers (and in the
• infinite adj. Consisting of a large number of objects; extreme.
• infinite loop n. One that never terminates (that is, the machine
• Infinite-Monkey Theorem n. "If you put an infinite number
• infinity n. 1. The largest value that can be represented in a
• initgame /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An IRC version of the
• insanely great adj. [Mac community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD UNIX
• INTERCAL /in't*r-kal/ [said by the authors to stand for
• interesting adj. In hacker parlance, this word has strong
• Internet address n. 1. [techspeak] An absolute network address of
• interrupt 1. [techspeak] n. On a computer, an event that
• interrupt list, the [MS-DOS] n. The list of all known software
• interrupts locked out adj. When someone is ignoring you. In a
• IRC /I-R-C/ [Internet Relay Chat] n. A worldwide "party
• iron n. Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of
• Iron Age n. In the history of computing, 1961--1971 --- the
• iron box [UNIX/Internet] n. A special environment set up to trap
• ironmonger [IBM] n. A hardware specialist (derogatory). Compare
• ITS /I-T-S/ n. 1. Incompatible Time-sharing System, an
• IWBNI // [abbreviation] `It Would Be Nice If'. Compare WIBNI.
• IYFEG // [USENET] Abbreviation for `Insert Your Favorite Ethnic

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The letter J