The New Hacker's Dictionary

Eric S. Raymond. MIT Press; 3rd edition. 547 pages. .

The New Hacker's Dictionary, a common heritage of the hacker culture, a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor.

Over the years a number of individuals have volunteered considerable time to maintaining the File and been recognized by the net at large as editors of it. From time to time a snapshot of this file has been polished, edited, and formatted for commercial publication with the cooperation of the volunteer editors and the hacker community at large. If you wish to have a bound paper copy of this file, you may find it convenient to purchase one of these. They often contain additional material not found in on-line versions.

This book has been mentioned in the following pages of the Jargon File: Chapter 3. Revision History.