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Browsing page 5 of words meaning computer slang (284 words total)

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F

flame bait

noun

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flame war

noun

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FML

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FOAD

verb

  • acronym for "fuck off and die". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

    by Dormouse, Nov 22 2003.

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FOAF    Featured Word

noun

  • Acronym for "Friend Of A Friend." This term was not originated by hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban folklore), but is more recognized in hacker culture than in the mainstream.

    by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009.

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footprint

noun

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for free

adjective

  • Said of a capability of a programming language or hardware that is available by its design without needing cleverness to implement.
    In APL, we get the matrix operations for free.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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four-color glossies

noun

  • Literature created by marketroids that allegedly contains technical specs but which is in fact as superficial as possible without being totally content-free. Often applied as an indication of superficiality even when the material is printed on ordinary paper in black and white.
    Forget the four-color glossies, give me the tech reference manuals.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

  • Applied by extension to manual pages that don't contain enough information to diagnose why the program doesn't produce the expected or desired output.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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frag

verb

  • to kill or seriously damage someone/something, though can be used playfully. Developed from videogames like Quake where your number of frags is your number of kills, but i've heard used in wider contexts.
    I'm gonna frag your ass.

    by Peter T., Sep 03 2005.

  • To completely ruin something.
    Forget that power supply, the lightning strike fragged it.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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freeware    Featured Word

noun

  • Freely-redistributable software. As the culture of the Internet has displaced the older BBS world, this term has lost ground to both open source and free software; it has increasingly tended to be restricted to software distributed in binary rather than source-code form.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

notes

  • At one time, freeware was a trademark of Andrew Fluegelman, the author of the well-known MS-DOS communication program PC-TALK III. It wasn't enforced after his mysterious disappearance and presumed death in 1984.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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fried    Featured Word

adjective

  • under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid").
    He was so fried last night.

    by Jared Meyer, MO, USA, Jul 01 1997.

  • permanently impaired due to consuming too much LSD ("acid").
    He's done so much acid he's fried.

    by William A., Big Sky, MT, USA, Jan 01 2000.

  • non-functioning, in reference to electronic devices.
    That phone is fried.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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fry    Featured Word

intransitive verb

transitive verb

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FTL

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FTW    Featured Word

adjective

  • acronym for "face the wall." In multiplayer online computer gaming, a player will use the instant messaging function of a game to notify other players that he/she is temporarily not playing the game. Going "FTW" involves facing one's in-game avatar towards a wall as a sign that the player should be treated as a non-combatant.
    He went FTW so he could get a soda.

    by Ray G., Seattle, WA, USA, Jan 12 2003.

interjection

  • acronym for "For The Win". Used as after a noun to indicate one's enthusiastic support for that noun.
    Obama FTW!

    by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Apr 23 2009.

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fudge    Featured Word

interjection

noun

verb

  • To solve a problem in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way.
    I didn't feel like doing it the Right Way, so I just fudged it. We can fix it in version 2.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 13 2009.

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fudge factor

noun

  • A value or parameter that is varied in an ad hoc way to produce the desired result. The term "tolerance" is also used.

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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FWIW

  • acronym for "for what it's worth". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

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

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G

G2G

  • acronym for "got to go". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

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

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geek out    Featured Word

intransitive verb

  • to be so intoxicated from illegal stimulants that one loses complete control over one's body.
    Oh man, she's geekin' out over there!

    by Tanya F., Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Feb 20 2003.

  • To engage in a binge of nerdy activities.
    I spent all weekend geeking out.

    by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

  • To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context, for example at parties held near computer equipment. Especially used when you need to do or say something highly technical and don't have time to explain:
    Pardon me while I geek out for a moment.

    by The Jargon File, Feb 27 2009.

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gender mender

noun

  • A cable connector shell with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to correct mismatched cables. Also called "gender bender", "gender blender", "sex changer."

    by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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