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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>geekasm</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="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="geek-out.html" title="geek out"/><link rel="next" href="gen.html" title="gen"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">geekasm</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="geek-out.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gen.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="geekasm"/><dt xmlns="" id="geekasm"><b>geekasm</b></dt></dt><dd><p> Originally from a quote on the PBS show <i class="citetitle">Scientific
American Frontiers</i> (week of May 21st 2002) by MIT professor
Alex Slocum: &#8220;<span class="quote">When they build a machine, if they do the calculations
right, the machine works and you get this intense ... uhh ... just like a
geekasm, from knowing that what you created in your mind and on the
computer is actually doing what you told it to do</span>&#8221;. Unsurprisingly,
this usage went live on the Web almost instantly. Every hacker knows this
feeling. Compare earlier <a href="../P/progasm.html"><i class="glossterm">progasm</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="geek-out.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gen.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">geek out </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> gen</td></tr></table></div></body></html>