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Some entries have a primary sense marked this way, with subsequent

jargon meanings explained in terms of it.

We have also tried to indicate (where known) the apparent origins of

terms. The results are probably the least reliable information in the

lexicon, for several reasons. For one thing, it is well known that

many hackish usages have been independently reinvented multiple times,

even among the more obscure and intricate neologisms. It often seems

that the generative processes underlying hackish jargon formation have

an internal logic so powerful as to create substantial parallelism

across separate cultures and even in different languages! For another,

the networks tend to propagate innovations so quickly that `first use'

is often impossible to pin down. And, finally, compendia like this one

alter what they observe by implicitly stamping cultural approval on

terms and widening their use.

Despite these problems, the organized collection of jargon-related

oral history for the new compilations has enabled us to put to rest

quite a number of folk etymologies, place credit where credit is due,

and illuminate the early history of many important hackerisms such as

[36]kluge, [37]cruft, and [38]foo. We believe specialist

lexicographers will find many of the historical notes more than

casually instructive.

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