Лексичні та синтактико-стилістичні зміни в сучасній англійській мові: вплив комп’ютерних технологій

2. More loosely, any network address reachable through Internet; this includes bang path addresses and some internal corporate and government networks.

ITS /I-T-S/ /n./ 1. Incompatible Time-sharing System, an influential though highly idiosyncratic operating system written at MIT and long used at the MIT AI Lab. Much AI-hacker jargon derives from ITS folklore, and to have been `an ITS hacker' qualifies one instantly as an old-timer of the most venerable sort. ITS pioneered many important innovations, including transparent file sharing between machines and terminal-independent I/O.

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k- /pref./ Extremely. Not commonly used among hackers, but quite common among crackers and warez d00dz in compounds such as `k-kool' /K'kool'/, `k-rad' /K'rad'/, and `k-awesome' /K'aw`sm/. Also used to intensify negatives; thus, `k-evil', `k-lame', `k-screwed', and `k-annoying'.

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lamer /n./ [prob. originated in skateboarder slang] Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common among warez d00dz, crackers, and phreakers. A lamer is one who scams codes off others rather than doing cracks or really understanding the fundamental concepts.

Ant. elite.

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marketroid /mar'k*-troyd/ /n./ alt. `marketing slime', `marketeer', `marketing droid', `marketdroid'. A member of a company's marketing department, esp. one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics.

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naive user /n./ A luser. Tends to imply someone who is ignorant mainly owing to inexperience..When this is applied to someone who has experience, there is a definite implication of stupidity.

neat hack /n./

1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is

correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value.

net.- /net dot/ /pref./ [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet.

E.g.: `net.goddesses' (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers).

net.personality /net per`sn-al'-*-tee/ /n./ Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.

net.police /net-p*-lees'/ /n./ (var. `net.cops') Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette. Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also spelled `net police'. See also net.-, code police.

network, the /n./ 1. The union of all the major noncommercial, academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet, the pre-1990 ARPANET, NSFnet, BITNET, and the virtual UUCP and Usenet `networks'. A site is generally considered `on the network' if it can be reached through some combination of Internet-style (@-sign) addresses.

NIL /nil/ No. Used in reply to a question, particularly one asked using the `-P' convention.

NSP /N-S-P/ /n./ Common abbreviation for `Network Service Provider', one of the big national or regional companies that maintains a portion of the Internet backbone and resells connectivity to ISPs. In 1996, major NSPs include ANS, MCI, UUNET, and Sprint.number-crunching /n./ Computations of a numerical nature, esp. those that make extensive use of floating-point numbers. This term is in widespread informal use outside hackerdom and even in mainstream slang.

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