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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>terminal junkie</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="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="terminal-illness.html" title="terminal illness"/><link rel="next" href="test.html" title="test"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">terminal junkie</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="terminal-illness.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="test.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="terminal-junkie"/><dt xmlns="" id="terminal-junkie"><b>terminal junkie</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [UK] A <a href="../W/wannabee.html"><i class="glossterm">wannabee</i></a> or early
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<a href="../L/larval-stage.html"><i class="glossterm">larval stage</i></a> hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering the
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directory tree and writing <a href="../N/noddy.html"><i class="glossterm">noddy</i></a> programs just to
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get a fix of computer time. Variants include <span class="firstterm">terminal jockey</span>, <span class="firstterm">console junkie</span>, and
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<a href="../C/console-jockey.html"><i class="glossterm">console jockey</i></a>. The term <span class="firstterm">console
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jockey</span> seems to imply more expertise than the other three
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(possibly because of the exalted status of the
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<a href="../C/console.html"><i class="glossterm">console</i></a> relative to an ordinary terminal). See also
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<a href="twink.html"><i class="glossterm">twink</i></a>, <a href="../R/read-only-user.html"><i class="glossterm">read-only user</i></a>.
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Appropriately, this term was used in the works of William S. Burroughs to
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describe a heroin addict with an unlimited supply.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="terminal-illness.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="test.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">terminal illness </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> test</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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