Slang

fan

Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish, slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it is recognized by most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the plural is correctly fen, but this usage is not automatic to hackers. "Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a fan."

Marcadores: Arts, Fandom, Fiction, Literature, Slang

# 5/14/2009 11:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

frag

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frag:

[from Vietnam-era U.S. military, slang via the games Doom and Quake]

To kill another player's avatar in a multiuser game. "I hold the office Quake record with 40 frags."
To completely ruin something. "Forget that power supply, the lightning strike fragged it." See also gib.

Marcadores: Doom, Games, Quake, Shooter, Slang, Vietnam, War

# 5/14/2009 07:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

warez

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warez

Widely used in {cracker} subcultures to denote cracked version of commercial software, that is versions from which copy-protection has been stripped. Hackers recognize this term but don't use it themselves. See {warez d00dz}, {courier}, {leech}, {elite}.

Marcadores: Baron, Business, Cracker, Games, Hacker, Leet, Security, Slang, Software, Warez

# 5/12/2009 07:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

con

[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others imported from SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even by hackers who aren't {fan}s. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."

Marcadores: Arts, Fandom, Slang

# 4/24/2009 01:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,