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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>J. Random Hacker</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="J--Random.html" title="J. Random"/><link rel="next" href="jack-in.html" title="jack in"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">J. Random Hacker</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="J--Random.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jack-in.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="J--Random-Hacker"/><dt xmlns="" id="J--Random-Hacker"><b>J. Random Hacker</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/J rand´m hak´r/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common] A mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier; the
archetypal hacker nerd. This term is one of the oldest in the jargon,
apparently going back to MIT in the 1960s. See
<a href="../R/random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a>, <a href="../S/Suzie-COBOL.html"><i class="glossterm">Suzie COBOL</i></a>. This
may originally have been inspired by &#8216;J. Fred Muggs&#8217;, a
show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days
of <a href="../T/TMRC.html"><i class="glossterm">TMRC</i></a>, and was probably influenced by
&#8216;J. Presper Eckert&#8217; (one of the co-inventors of the electronic
computer). See also <a href="../F/Fred-Foobar.html"><i class="glossterm">Fred Foobar</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="J--Random.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jack-in.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">J. Random </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jack in</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>J. Random</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="next" href="J--Random-Hacker.html" title="J. Random Hacker"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">J. Random</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../J.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="J--Random"/><dt xmlns="" id="J--Random"><b>J. Random</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/J rand´m/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common; generalized from <a href="J--Random-Hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">J. Random Hacker</i></a>]
Arbitrary; ordinary; any one; any old. &#8216;J. Random&#8217; is often
prefixed to a noun to make a name out of it. It means roughly <span class="firstterm">some particular</span> or <span class="firstterm">any specific one</span>. &#8220;<span class="quote">Would you let
J. Random Loser marry your daughter?</span>&#8221; The most common uses are
&#8216;J. Random Hacker&#8217;, &#8216;J. Random Loser&#8217;, and
&#8216;J. Random Nerd&#8217; (&#8220;<span class="quote">Should J. Random Loser be allowed to
kill other peoples' processes?</span>&#8221;), but it can be used simply as an
elaborate version of <a href="../R/random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a> in any sense.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../J.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">J </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> J. Random Hacker</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>JCL</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="Java.html" title="Java"/><link rel="next" href="JEDR.html" title="JEDR"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">JCL</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Java.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="JEDR.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="JCL"/><dt xmlns="" id="JCL"><b>JCL</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/J·C·L/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. IBM's supremely <a href="../R/rude.html"><i class="glossterm">rude</i></a> Job Control Language.
JCL is the script language used to control the execution of programs in
IBM's batch systems. JCL has a very <a href="../F/fascist.html"><i class="glossterm">fascist</i></a> syntax,
and some versions will, for example, <a href="../B/barf.html"><i class="glossterm">barf</i></a> if two
spaces appear where it expects one. Most programmers confronted with JCL
simply copy a working file (or card deck), changing the file names.
Someone who actually understands and generates unique JCL is regarded with
the mixed respect one gives to someone who memorizes the phone book. It is
reported that hackers at IBM itself sometimes sing &#8220;<span class="quote">Who's the breeder
of the crud that mangles you and me? I-B-M, J-C-L, M-o-u-s-e</span>&#8221; to
the tune of the <i class="citetitle">Mickey Mouse Club</i> theme to express
their opinion of the beast. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A comparative for any very <a href="../R/rude.html"><i class="glossterm">rude</i></a> software
that a hacker is expected to use. &#8220;<span class="quote">That's as bad as JCL.</span>&#8221; As
with <a href="../C/COBOL.html"><i class="glossterm">COBOL</i></a>, JCL is often used as an archetype of
ugliness even by those who haven't experienced it. See also
<a href="../I/IBM.html"><i class="glossterm">IBM</i></a>,
<a href="../F/fear-and-loathing.html"><i class="glossterm">fear and loathing</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p>A (poorly documented, naturally) shell simulating JCL syntax is
available at the Retrocomputing Museum <a href="http://www.catb.org/retro/" target="_top">http://www.catb.org/retro/</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Java.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="JEDR.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Java </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> JEDR</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>JEDR</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="JCL.html" title="JCL"/><link rel="next" href="Jeff-K-.html" title="Jeff K."/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">JEDR</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="JCL.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Jeff-K-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="JEDR"/><dt xmlns="" id="JEDR"><b>JEDR</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Synonymous with <a href="../I/IYFEG.html"><i class="glossterm">IYFEG</i></a>. At one time, people
in the Usenet newsgroup <tt class="systemitem">rec.humor.funny</tt> tended to use
&#8216;JEDR&#8217; instead of <a href="../I/IYFEG.html"><i class="glossterm">IYFEG</i></a> or
&#8216;&lt;ethnic&gt;&#8217;; this stemmed from a public attempt to
suppress the group once made by a loser with initials JEDR after he was
offended by an ethnic joke posted there. (The practice was
<a href="../R/retcon.html"><i class="glossterm">retcon</i></a>ned by expanding these initials as &#8216;Joke
Ethnic/Denomination/Race&#8217;.) After much sound and fury JEDR faded
away; this term appears to be doing likewise. JEDR's only permanent effect
on the net.culture was to discredit &#8216;sensitivity&#8217; arguments for
censorship so thoroughly that more recent attempts to raise them have met
with immediate and near-universal rejection.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="JCL.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Jeff-K-.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">JCL </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Jeff K.</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Java</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="jaggies.html" title="jaggies"/><link rel="next" href="JCL.html" title="JCL"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Java</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jaggies.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="JCL.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Java"/><dt xmlns="" id="Java"><b>Java</b></dt></dt><dd><p> An object-oriented language originally developed at Sun by James
Gosling (and known by the name &#8220;<span class="quote">Oak</span>&#8221;) with the intention of
being the successor to <a href="../C/C-plus-plus.html"><i class="glossterm">C++</i></a> (the project was however
originally sold to Sun as an embedded language for use in set-top boxes).
After the great Internet explosion of 1993-1994, Java was hacked into a
byte-interpreted language and became the focus of a relentless hype
campaign by Sun, which touted it as the new language of choice for
distributed applications.</p><p>Java is indeed a stronger and cleaner design than C++ and has been
embraced by many in the hacker community &#8212; but it has been a
considerable source of frustration to many others, for reasons ranging from
uneven support on different Web browser platforms, performance issues, and
some notorious deficiencies in some of the standard toolkits (AWT in
particular). <a href="../M/Microsoft.html"><i class="glossterm">Microsoft</i></a>'s determined attempts to
corrupt the language (which it rightly sees as a threat to its OS monopoly)
have not helped. As of 2003, these issues are still in the process of
being resolved.</p><p>Despite many attractive features and a good design, it is difficult
to find people willing to praise Java who have tried to implement a
complex, real-world system with it (but to be fair it is early days yet,
and no other language has ever been forced to spend its childhood under the
limelight the way Java has). On the other hand, Java has already been a
big <a href="../W/win.html"><i class="glossterm">win</i></a> in academic circles, where it has taken the
place of <a href="../P/Pascal.html"><i class="glossterm">Pascal</i></a> as the preferred tool for teaching
the basics of good programming to the next generation of hackers.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jaggies.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="JCL.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">jaggies </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> JCL</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Jeff K.</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="JEDR.html" title="JEDR"/><link rel="next" href="jello.html" title="jello"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Jeff K.</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="JEDR.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jello.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Jeff-K-"/><dt xmlns="" id="Jeff-K-"><b>Jeff K.</b></dt></dt><dd><p> The spiritual successor to <a href="../B/B1FF.html"><i class="glossterm">B1FF</i></a> and the
archetype of <a href="../S/script-kiddies.html"><i class="glossterm">script kiddies</i></a>. Jeff K. is a
sixteen-year-old suburbanite who fancies himself a &#8220;<span class="quote">l33t
haX0r</span>&#8221;, although his knowledge of computers seems to be limited to
the procedure for getting Quake up and running. His Web page <a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/" target="_top">http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/</a>
features a number of hopelessly naive articles, essays, and rants, all
filled with the kind of misspellings, <a href="../S/studlycaps.html"><i class="glossterm">studlycaps</i></a>,
and number-for-letter substitutions endemic to the script kiddie and
<a href="../W/warez-d00dz.html"><i class="glossterm">warez d00dz</i></a> communities. Jeff's offerings, among
other things, include hardware advice (such as &#8220;<span class="quote">AMD VERSIS
PENTIUM</span>&#8221; and &#8220;<span class="quote">HOW TO OVARCLOAK YOUR COMPUTAR</span>&#8221;), his own
Quake clan (Clan 40 OUNSCE), and his own comic strip (Wacky Fun Computar
Comic Jokes).</p><p>Like B1FF, Jeff K. is (fortunately) a hoax. Jeff K. was created by
internet game journalist Richard &#8220;<span class="quote">Lowtax</span>&#8221; Kyanka, whose web
site Something Awful (http://www.somethingawful.com) highlights
unintentionally humorous news items and Web sites, as a parody of the kind
of teenage <a href="../L/luser.html"><i class="glossterm">luser</i></a> who infests Quake servers, chat
rooms, and other places where computer enthusiasts congregate. He is
well-recognized in the PC game community and his influence has spread to
hacker <a href="../F/fora.html"><i class="glossterm">fora</i></a> like Slashdot as well.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="JEDR.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jello.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">JEDR </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jello</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>jack in</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="J--Random-Hacker.html" title="J. Random Hacker"/><link rel="next" href="jaggies.html" title="jaggies"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">jack in</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jaggies.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="jack-in"/><dt xmlns="" id="jack-in"><b>jack in</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To log on to a machine or connect to a network or
<a href="../B/BBS.html"><i class="glossterm">BBS</i></a>, esp. for purposes of entering a
<a href="../V/virtual-reality.html"><i class="glossterm">virtual reality</i></a> simulation such as a
<a href="../M/MUD.html"><i class="glossterm">MUD</i></a> or <a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a> (leaving is
&#8220;<span class="quote">jacking out</span>&#8221;). This term derives from
<a href="../C/cyberpunk.html"><i class="glossterm">cyberpunk</i></a> SF, in which it was used for the act of
plugging an electrode set into neural sockets in order to interface the
brain directly to a virtual reality. It is primarily used by MUD and IRC
fans and younger hackers on BBS systems.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jaggies.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">J. Random Hacker </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jaggies</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device
(as opposed to a vector display).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jack-in.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Java.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">jack in </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Java</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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is both excessively cross-posted and too frequently posted, as opposed to
<a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a> (which is merely too frequently posted) or
<a href="../V/velveeta.html"><i class="glossterm">velveeta</i></a> (which is merely excessively cross-posted).
This term is widely recognized but not commonly used; most people refer to
both kinds of abuse or their combination as spam.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Jeff-K-.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Jeopardy-style-quoting.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Jeff K. </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Jeopardy-style quoting</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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blank word; compare <a href="../G/gorets.html"><i class="glossterm">gorets</i></a>. A deliberate experiment
in tracking the spread of a near-meaningless word. See <a href="http://www.jibble.org/jibblemeaning.php" target="_top">http://www.jibble.org/jibblemeaning.php</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Jeopardy-style-quoting.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jiffy.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Jeopardy-style quoting </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jiffy</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>jiffy</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="jibble.html" title="jibble"/><link rel="next" href="job-security.html" title="job security"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">jiffy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jibble.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="job-security.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="jiffy"/><dt xmlns="" id="jiffy"><b>jiffy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer
(see <a href="../T/tick.html"><i class="glossterm">tick</i></a>). Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in
the U.S. and Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sec
has become common. &#8220;<span class="quote">The swapper runs every 6 jiffies</span>&#8221; means
that the virtual memory management routine is executed once for every 6
ticks of the clock, or about ten times a second.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Confusingly, the term is sometimes also used for a 1-millisecond
<a href="../W/wall-time.html"><i class="glossterm">wall time</i></a> interval. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Even more confusingly, physicists semi-jokingly use
&#8216;jiffy&#8217; to mean the time required for light to travel one foot
in a vacuum, which turns out to be close to one
<span class="emphasis"><em>nanosecond</em></span>. Other physicists use the term for the
quantum-nechanical lower bound on meaningful time lengths, </p></dd><dd><p> 4. Indeterminate time from a few seconds to forever. &#8220;<span class="quote">I'll do
it in a jiffy</span>&#8221; means certainly not now and possibly never. This is
a bit contrary to the more widespread use of the word. Oppose
<a href="../N/nano.html"><i class="glossterm">nano</i></a>. See also
<a href="../R/Real-Soon-Now.html"><i class="glossterm">Real Soon Now</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jibble.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="job-security.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">jibble </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> job security</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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<a href="../O/obscure.html"><i class="glossterm">obscure</i></a> fashion, and no good reason (such as time or
space optimization) can be discovered, it is often said that the programmer
was attempting to increase his job security (i.e., by making himself
indispensable for maintenance). This sour joke seldom has to be said in
full; if two hackers are looking over some code together and one points at
a section and says &#8220;<span class="quote">job security</span>&#8221;, the other one may just
nod.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jiffy.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jock.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">jiffy </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jock</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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brute-force programs. See <a href="../B/brute-force.html"><i class="glossterm">brute force</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. When modified by another noun, describes a specialist in some
particular computing area. The compounds <span class="firstterm">compiler jock</span> and <span class="firstterm">systems jock</span> seem to be the best-established
examples.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="job-security.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="joe-code.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">job security </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> joe code</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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unmaintainable. &#8220;<span class="quote"><a href="../P/Perl.html"><i class="glossterm">Perl</i></a> may be a handy program,
but if you look at the source, it's complete joe code.</span>&#8221; </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Badly written, possibly buggy code.</p></dd><dd><p>Correspondents wishing to remain anonymous have fingered a particular
Joe at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and observed that usage has drifted
slightly; the original sobriquet &#8216;Joe code&#8217; was intended in
sense 1.</p><p>1994 update: This term has now generalized to &#8216;&lt;name&gt;
code&#8217;, used to designate code with distinct characteristics traceable
to its author. &#8220;<span class="quote">This section doesn't check for a NULL return from
malloc()! Oh. No wonder! It's Ed code!</span>&#8221;. Used most often with a
programmer who has left the shop and thus is a convenient scapegoat for
anything that is wrong with the project.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jock.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="joe-job.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">jock </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> joe-job</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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who is then generally flooded by the bounces; or, the act of performing
such a run. The original incident is described <a href="http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Joe%20Job" target="_top">here</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="joe-code.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="juggling-eggs.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">joe code </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> juggling eggs</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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modifying a program. &#8220;<span class="quote">Don't bother me now, I'm juggling
eggs</span>&#8221;, means that an interrupt is likely to result in the program's
being scrambled. In the classic 1975 first-contact SF novel <i class="citetitle">The
Mote in God's Eye</i>, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, an alien
describes a very difficult task by saying &#8220;<span class="quote">We juggle priceless eggs
in variable gravity.</span>&#8221; It is possible that this was intended as
tribute to a less colorful use of the same image in Robert Heinlein's
influential 1961 novel <i class="citetitle">Stranger in a Strange
Land</i>. See also <a href="../H/hack-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">hack mode</i></a> and
<a href="../O/on-the-gripping-hand.html"><i class="glossterm">on the gripping hand</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="joe-job.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="juice.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">joe-job </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> juice</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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trust or a relevance-weighted search query). This appears to have been
generalized from <a href="../G/google-juice.html"><i class="glossterm">google juice</i></a>, but may derive from
black urban slang for power or a respect. Example: &#8220;<span class="quote">I
signed your key, but I really don't have the juice to be
authoritative.</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="juggling-eggs.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jump-off-into-never-never-land.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">juggling eggs </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jump off into never-never land</td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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jump in a program that produces catastrophic or just plain weird
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>jupiter</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="jump-off-into-never-never-land.html" title="jump off into never-never land"/><link rel="next" href="../K.html" title="K"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">jupiter</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="jump-off-into-never-never-land.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../K.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="jupiter"/><dt xmlns="" id="jupiter"><b>jupiter</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IRC] To kill an <a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a>
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particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of
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