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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wizard hat</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="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="Wizard-Book.html" title="Wizard Book"/><link rel="next" href="wizard-mode.html" title="wizard mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wizard hat</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Wizard-Book.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wizard-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wizard-hat"/><dt xmlns="" id="wizard-hat"><b>wizard hat</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [also, after Terry Pratchett, <span class="firstterm">pointy
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hat</span>] Notional headgear worn by whoever is the
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<a href="wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a> in a particular context. The implication is
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that it's a transferable role. “<span class="quote">Talk to Alice, she's wearing the
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TCP/IP wizard hat while Bob is on vacation.</span>” This metaphor is
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sufficiently live that one may actually see hackers miming the act of
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putting on, taking off, or transferring a phantom hat. See also
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<a href="../P/pointy-hat.html"><i class="glossterm">pointy hat</i></a>, compare
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<a href="../P/patch-pumpkin.html"><i class="glossterm">patch pumpkin</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Wizard-Book.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wizard-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Wizard Book </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> wizard mode</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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