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>The definition of this and a lot of other peculiar acronyms and terms can be
>found in the Jargon File, a kind of historical dictionary of computing terms
>that's a lot of fun just to browse through. You can get a
>not-quite-up-to-date WinHelp version from (not sure here) oak.oakland.edu and
>other Simtel mirror sites, OR ftp.cica.indiana.edu and its mirror sites.
>Look for the string "jrg2912" in the whole-site indices for these -- one of
>them's got it. I'd put the exact path here but I'm composing this from home
>through PC Anywhere and I don't have my handy-dandy C:\NET directory here.
The Jargon File is also available in printed form as _The New Hacker's
Dictionary_, edited by Eric Raymond. ISBN 0-262-68069-6 (pbk).
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