Glossary: Terms starting with S

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  • S/N ratio
  • sacred
  • saga
  • sagan
  • SAIL
  • salescritter
  • salt
  • salt mines
  • salt substrate
  • same-day service
  • samizdat
  • samurai
  • sandbender
  • sandbox
  • sanity check
  • Saturday-night special
  • say
  • scag
  • scanno
  • scary devil monastery
  • schroedinbug
  • science-fiction fandom
  • SCNR
  • scram switch
  • scratch
  • scratch monkey
  • scream and die
  • screaming tty
  • screen
  • screen name
  • screen scraping
  • screw
  • screwage
  • scribble
  • script kiddies
  • scrog
  • scrool
  • scrozzle
  • scruffies
  • SCSI
  • SCSI voodoo
  • search-and-destroy mode
  • second-system effect
  • secondary damage
  • security through obscurity
  • SED
  • See figure 1
  • segfault
  • seggie
  • segment
  • segmentation fault
  • segv
  • self-reference
  • selvage
  • semi
  • semi-automated
  • semi-infinite
  • senior bit
  • September that never ended
  • server
  • SEX
  • sex changer
  • shambolic link
  • shar file
  • sharchive
  • Share and enjoy!
  • shareware
  • sharing violation
  • shebang
  • shelfware
  • shell
  • shell out
  • shift left (or right) logical
  • shim
  • shitogram
  • shotgun debugging
  • shovelware
  • showstopper
  • shriek
  • Shub-Internet
  • SIG
  • sig block
  • sig quote
  • sig virus
  • sigmonster
  • signal-to-noise ratio
  • silicon
  • silly walk
  • silo
  • since time T equals minus infinity
  • sitename
  • skrog
  • skulker
  • slab
  • slack
  • slash
  • slashdot effect
  • sleep
  • slim
  • slop
  • slopsucker
  • Slowlaris
  • slurp
  • slurp the robot
  • smart
  • smart terminal
  • smash case
  • smash the stack
  • smiley
  • smoke
  • smoke and mirrors
  • smoke test
  • smoking clover
  • smoot
  • SMOP
  • smurf
  • SNAFU principle
  • snail
  • snail-mail
  • snap
  • snarf
  • snarf & barf
  • snarf down
  • snark
  • sneaker
  • sneakernet
  • sniff
  • snippage
  • SO
  • social engineering
  • social science number
  • sock puppet
  • sodium substrate
  • soft boot
  • softcopy
  • software bloat
  • software hoarding
  • software laser
  • software rot
  • softwarily
  • softy
  • some random X
  • sorcerer's apprentice mode
  • source
  • source of all good bits
  • space-cadet keyboard
  • spaceship operator
  • SPACEWAR
  • spaghetti code
  • spaghetti inheritance
  • spam
  • spam bait
  • spamblock
  • spamhaus
  • spamvertize
  • spangle
  • spawn
  • special-case
  • speed of light
  • speedometer
  • spell
  • spelling flame
  • spider
  • spider food
  • spiffy
  • spike
  • spin
  • Spinning Pizza of Death
  • spl
  • splash screen
  • splat
  • splat out
  • splork!
  • spod
  • spoiler
  • spoiler space
  • sponge
  • spoof
  • spool
  • spool file
  • sporgery
  • sport death
  • spungle
  • spyware
  • squirrelcide
  • stack
  • stack puke
  • stale pointer bug
  • Stanford Bunny
  • star out
  • state
  • stealth manager
  • steam-powered
  • steved
  • STFW
  • stir-fried random
  • stomp on
  • Stone Age
  • stone knives and bearskins
  • stoppage
  • store
  • STR
  • strided
  • stroke
  • strudel
  • stubroutine
  • studly
  • studlycaps
  • stunning
  • stupid-sort
  • Stupids
  • Sturgeon's Law
  • sucking mud
  • sufficiently small
  • suit
  • suitable win
  • suitably small
  • Sun
  • sun lounge
  • sun-stools
  • sunspots
  • super source quench
  • superloser
  • superprogrammer
  • superuser
  • support
  • surf
  • Suzie COBOL
  • swab
  • swap
  • swap space
  • swapped in
  • swapped out
  • Swiss-Army chainsaw
  • swizzle
  • sync
  • syntactic salt
  • syntactic sugar
  • sys-frog
  • sysadmin
  • sysape
  • sysop
  • system
  • system mangler
  • systems jock