Category: slang

www.catb.org/jargon/html/p-convention.html

• http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/ping.html
• http://www.catb.org/jargon/jargbook.html – “The Jargon File” resp. “The New Hacker’s Dictionary”
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File – that article has links to all generations of The Jargon File
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File#External_links :
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130827121341/http://cosman246.com/jargon.html – so far the youngest one

Looks like the Jargon File got abandoned by Eric S. Raymond.
It hasn’t been updated during the last couple of years.
I offered Eric to invest time and energy,
but I got no answer back.

Update 2012-12-25:

I once owned a printed copy of this book, but it was one of the many victims of various accidents inside my traveling luggage (and also at home) through the years: water, beer, wine, fruits, …

Pls visit “The Jargon File” resp. “The New Hacker’s Dictionary”:

• http://www.catb.org/jargon/jargbook.html