Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site nbs-amrf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!nbs-amrf!sy$don From: sy$don@nbs-amrf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: COMMON UNIX TERMS Message-ID: <200@nbs-amrf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 22:54:51 EST Article-I.D.: nbs-amrf.200 Posted: Mon Mar 5 22:54:51 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Mar-84 07:58:11 EST Organization: National Bureau of Standards Lines: 73 SOME COMMON UNIX TERMS EXPLAINED Unix: More than one Programmer (singular: Unik) CRT: Cathode Ray Tube- a TV Set with an alphabet File: A queue or line of Unix, usually found in front of a CRT. Directory: A telephone book (of course) Root: Verb; to search, eg. he rooted through the Directory looking for Unix Shell: Verb; to bombard with explosive devices Mini-shell: Spitball Barrage Program: A story or play seen on a CRT Subroutine: A program which has become so boring and monotonous that it is less than routine Debugger: Defamatory reference to a Unik, eg. "debugger took my CRT" I/O: Verb phrase: denotes indebtedness, eg. "I/O him $5" Path name: Signs in the woods for dumb loggers to find their way Processor: A member of the sheriff's department who serves papers Real Time: The experience you had when your wife visited her mother out of state, and the Avon lady rang your chimes. Compilation: A temporary disorder of the Gastro-intestinal tract, usually treated with a laxative Core Dump: What the treatment of compilation should result in Epic Dump: A core dump of heroic proportion Memory: Part of the female human anatomy Unibus: Primary means of transportation for unix, alternatively, a single unit of memory Stack: Adjective; often applied to large memroy systems Register: A sometimes embarassing procedure that must be followed when seeking lodging for half a night Complement: A statement you hope to receive from a supervisor before going on social security Logger: Tough unix who chop down trees Browser: Name of a dog owned by a Logger, well know because of training, responds go such commands as; goto, kill, nice, and cat. May be heard making the sound "roff" Conversion: An operating system often performed in Sweden or Denmark Expansion: An action which sometimes takes place when a male unik sees a stacked memory Pident: A depression in a piece of pastry Fork: A tool for making pidents -D. Fishbein NIH, Bethesda, MD