• "ok, thanks."

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

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

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

  by Alice M., Falls Church, VA, USA, Feb 04 2008.

• "okay, thanks, bye."

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

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

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

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

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

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

  He is such a lamer.

  by Steve C., Australia, Mar 03 1999.

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

  He is such a lamer.

  by Allen G., Dec 18 2000.

noun

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

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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.

noun

• a person who downloads without uploading in return.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• a person who consumes without giving anything in return.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

verb

• to download without uploading in return.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• to consume without giving anything in return.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

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

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

• 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.

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

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

noun

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

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• ready to go.

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

origin

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

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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.

• 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.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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!

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• Malicious software.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

noun

• pejoritive term for anyone involved in marketing.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

transitive verb

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

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

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.

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.

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

noun

• spread of anything through the internet in a viral manner, with the connotation that memes parasitize people into propagating them much as viruses do.

  [4chan] was the source of the lolcat craze (affixing captions like "I Can Has Cheezburger?" to photos of felines), the rickrolling phenomenon (tricking people into clicking on links to Rick Astley's ghastly "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video), and other classic time-wasting Internet memes.
  
  -- "The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology", Wired, Julian Dibbell, September 2009

  by Elizabeth M., Providence, RI, USA, May 26 2004.

origin

• coined by analogy with "gene", by Richard Dawkins

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009.