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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>samizdat</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="same-day-service.html" title="same-day service"/><link rel="next" href="samurai.html" title="samurai"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">samizdat</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="same-day-service.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="samurai.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="samizdat"/><dt xmlns="" id="samizdat"><b>samizdat</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/sahm·iz·daht/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Russian, literally “<span class="quote">self publishing</span>”] The process of
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disseminating documentation via underground channels. Originally referred
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to underground duplication and distribution of banned books in the Soviet
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Union; now refers by obvious extension to any less-than-official
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promulgation of textual material, esp. rare, obsolete, or
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never-formally-published computer documentation. Samizdat is obviously
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much easier when one has access to high-bandwidth networks and high-quality
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laser printers. Note that samizdat is properly used only with respect to
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documents which contain needed information (see also
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<a href="../H/hacker-ethic.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker ethic</i></a>) but which are for some reason otherwise unavailable, but
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<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> in the context of documents which are available
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through normal channels, for which unauthorized duplication would be
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unethical copyright violation. See <a href="../L/Lions-Book.html"><i class="glossterm">Lions Book</i></a> for a
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historical example.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="same-day-service.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="samurai.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">same-day service </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> samurai</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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