noun

• A clever programming trick intended to solve a particular nasty case in an expedient, if not clear, manner. Often used to repair bugs. Often involves ad-hockery.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

verb

• To insert a kluge into a program.

  I've kluged this routine to get around that weird bug, but there's probably a better way.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

origin

• Nowadays this term is often encountered in the variant spelling "kludge."
  
  In 1947, the New York Folklore Quarterly reported a classic shaggy-dog story "Murgatroyd the Kluge Maker" then current in the Armed Forces, in which a "kluge" was a complex and puzzling artifact with a trivial function. Other sources report that "kluge" was common Navy slang in the WWII era for any piece of electronics that worked well on shore but consistently failed at sea.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

• "ok, thanks."

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  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

• Often used online, means "Okay, thanks, 'bye."

  did u print out my english paper? yeah? kthxbai.

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  by Alice M., Falls Church, VA, USA, Feb 04 2008  (Edit definition)

• "okay, thanks, bye." A slightly more verbose version is kthanksbye.

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  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

• "later". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

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  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

• "later gator". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

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  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

• An annoying fool; idiot. (Used extensively on IRC).

  He is such a lamer.

  by Steve C., Australia, Mar 03 1999  (Edit definition)

• A geek or social loser. Also used as Lame-ass. Origin: Hackerspeak.

  He is such a lamer.

  by Allen G., Dec 18 2000  (Edit definition)

noun

• a person unskilled in computer use. Contract with elite.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

origin

• This term seems to have originated in the Commodore-64 scene in the mid 1980s. It was popularized among Amiga crackers of the mid-1980s by "Lamer Exterminator", the most famous and feared Amiga virus ever, which gradually corrupted non-write-protected floppy disks with bad sectors. The bad sectors, when looked at, were overwritten with repetitions of the string "LAMER!".

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• a person who downloads without uploading in return.

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• a person who consumes without giving anything in return.

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verb

• to download without uploading in return.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

• to consume without giving anything in return.

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noun

• The natural decay of web links as the sites they're connected to change or die. Compare bit rot.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

• acronym for "laughing my fucking ass off". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

• acronym for "laughing my fat ass off". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)

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  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• ready to go.

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  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

origin

• from military slang for an M-16 rifle with magazine inserted and prepared for firing.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• in computing, a data transformation which does not retain all of the data. Used commonly in image, audio, and video compression, in which knowledge of the human visual/auditory systems are used to eliminate imperceptible or barely perceptible information.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

• Said of people, this indicates a poor memory, usually short-term. This usage is analogical to the same term applied to data compression and analysis.

  He's very lossy.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• Used to describe communication (e.g. a presentation) that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative.

  That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• Malicious software.

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noun

• pejoritive term for anyone involved in marketing.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• to transform data so that it's easier to process.

  He wrote a program that massages X bitmap files into GIF format.

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  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• the real world, as opposed to the "virtual" world of computers, also known as cyberspace.

  We instant messaged for a month and finally decided to meet for coffee in meatspace.

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  by Ray G., Seattle, WA, USA, Jan 12 2003  (Edit definition)