noun

• "Real world" time (what the clock on the wall shows), as opposed to the system clock's idea of time.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• The real running time of a program, as opposed to total the number of processor cycles required to execute it (on a timesharing system these always differ, as no one program gets all the ticks, and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support one may get more processor time than real time).

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• pirated commercial software.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

noun

• A computer subculture of people who trade in illegal copies of copyrighted software.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• A small, misfeature that sticks out of an otherwise clean design. localized ugliness.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• a state of being identified by the feeling of nausea, irritability, body aching, and headaches that result from staying awake too long (with or w/out the assistance of controlled substances).

  Man! you look wedged.

  by Mike S., Phoenix, AZ, USA, May 28 1999.

• To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. This is different from having crashed. If the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning. If the system is wedged, it is trying to do something but cannot make progress; it may be capable of doing a few things, but not be fully operational.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software.

  by Stefan Z., Sweden, Oct 24 2002.

• To chronically masturbate.
  
  "Man, Bob would rather grab a couple of videos and go all whack-a-mole on himself than come out with us tonight."

  by Pazuzu, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Nov 06 2009.

noun

• The practice of repeatedly getting rid of something, only to have more of that thing pop up. For example, deleting the spammers' e-mail accounts, closing pop-up windows in web browsers, etc.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

origin

• from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly hitting the heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

interjection

• interjection used to indicate that something is cool. Popularized by the movie Juno.

  Wizard.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• a person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who groks it); esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency. Someone is a hacker if he or she has general hacking ability, but is a wizard with respect to something only if he or she has specific detailed knowledge of that thing. A good hacker could become a wizard for something given the time to study it.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• A Unix expert, esp. a Unix systems programmer. This usage is well enough established that 'Unix Wizard' is a recognized job title at some corporations and to most headhunters.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• Acronym for What the Fuck... used almost exclusively in online textual communication (e-mail, IM, etc.)

  WTF are you doing?! WTF did that?!

  by Brendan O., NJ, USA, Jun 05 1998.

• accronym for "What the fuck" often used when someone is confused or finds something extremely stupid.

  by dominique m., Indianapolis, IN, USA, Aug 22 2004.

• what the fuck

  by eLLA l., Apr 01 2005.

• Way TMI = way too much information, when some thing is really discusting.

  I need to take a dump." "I didn't want to know that. That was WTMI

  by Ryan H., Dec 01 2006.

• acronym for "you know what I mean."

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

interjection

• expression of surprise or emphasis.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• zapping someone is cussing them out.

  He zapped me after I dumped him.

  by Kit, Des Moines, IA, USA, May 04 2002.

verb

• To erase.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• To fry an electronic component with electricity.

  I think that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.