jargon-1 (a few obsolete PDP-10-related entries were dropped after
careful consultation with the editors of Steele-1983). It merges in
about 80% of the Steele-1983 text, omitting some framing material and
a very few entries introduced in Steele-1983 that are now also
obsolete.

This new version casts a wider net than the old Jargon File; its aim
is to cover not just AI or PDP-10 hacker culture but all the technical
computing cultures wherein the true hacker-nature is manifested. More
than half of the entries now derive from [49]Usenet and represent
jargon now current in the C and Unix communities, but special efforts
have been made to collect jargon from other cultures including IBM PC
programmers, Amiga fans, Mac enthusiasts, and even the IBM mainframe
world.

Eric S. Raymond [50] maintains the new File
with assistance from Guy L. Steele Jr. [51]; these are
the persons primarily reflected in the File's editorial `we', though
we take pleasure in acknowledging the special contribution of the
other coauthors of Steele-1983. Please email all additions,
corrections, and correspondence relating to the Jargon File to
[52]jargon@thyrsus.com.

(Warning: other email addresses appear in this file but are not
guaranteed to be correct later than the revision date on the first
line. Don't email us if an attempt to reach your idol bounces -- we
have no magic way of checking addresses or looking up people.)

The 2.9.6 version became the main text of "The New Hacker's
Dictionary", by Eric Raymond (ed.), MIT Press 1991, ISBN