The large-file problem review
Reviews And since somebody has to pay for storage and bandwidth, you get limited capabilities for free -- premium plans get you more storage, bandwidth or access to your files (Web 2.0 jargon alert: this free-to-premium escalation plan is being called the...
[May 18, 2006, 9:25]
Are they 'hackers'? Or 'crackers'?
News File: jargon.info, Node: cracker, Next: cracking, Prev: crack root, Up: = C = cracker: /n. The jargon-file entry for "hacker," meanwhile, includes seven highly positive definitions before arriving at what would be the most common usage outside the...
[April 5, 2000, 15:03]
A Year Ago: Are they 'hackers'? Or 'crackers'?
News File: jargon.info, Node: cracker, Next: cracking, Prev: crack root, Up: = C = cracker: /n. The jargon-file entry for "hacker," meanwhile, includes seven highly positive definitions before arriving at what would be the most common usage outside the...
[April 5, 2001, 6:02]
Jargon File
Downloads A Palm OS version of the world famous online resource 'The Jargon File'. The essential hackers dictionary for Palm OS devices. New data files are automatically generated from the online version every month, and available as a free update...
[May 26, 2002, 8:00]
English Language Acronyms Dictionary for Blackberry
Downloads Covers virtually all areas of life, from physics through politics to file extensions to internet chats jargon.The Dictionary can be used as a quick reference in serious researches or as a entertaining product (International Business Machines or I...
[May 27, 2004, 8:00]
Would you hire a hacker?
Talkback See The Jargon File for details. Hire a hacker? Yes. Hire a cracker? Not without a very good reason. Hire a virus writer? Again, not without a very good reason. The media's use of the term "hacker" is often, even usually, incorrect.
[September 21, 2004, 18:09]
Digital video glossary review
Reviews The most daunting element of any new technology is its jargon. For example, a file compressed to 28.8Kbps contains 28.8 kilobits of data for each second. Digital video Video stored in a digital file.
[January 10, 2003, 9:59]
MP3: You can't stop the music ...
News With all the technical jargon, it's difficult to figure out why this breakthrough is so revolutionary. The reason is simple: MP3 dramatically reduces file size with only a small loss of quality. MPEG-2 AAC continued the trek toward providing...
[April 10, 2000, 8:26]
Hollywood heads up anti-piracy charge
News Another standard would, in industry jargon, "plug the analogue hole" by embedding watermarks in broadcasts and limiting the redistribution of broadcasts with those hidden watermarks. On Monday, a lawyer for the Motion Picture Association of America...
[July 23, 2002, 8:14]
The Dongle - a case study in evolution
Blog It's mentioned as such in the 1990 edition of the Jargon File- Mostly, this takes place within normal protocols of friendship and familial interaction - a category of human behaviour that covers everything from foot massage to nuclear warfare - but...
[May 11, 2008, 13:15]
Pocket Medical Encyclopedia for BlackBerry handhelds
Downloads The information found in the Encyclopedia includes not only standard medical terms but also pertinent scientific items, abbreviations, acronyms, jargon, institutions, projects, symptoms, syndromes, eponyms, and medical history.The MedicineNet...
[February 10, 2005, 6:00]
Is hacking healthy?
News The Jargon File -- the nearest thing to a standard hacking lexicon -- defines the word "hacker" as "a person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities.
[April 5, 2000, 13:42]
