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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wizard</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="within-epsilon-of.html" title="within epsilon of"/><link rel="next" href="Wizard-Book.html" title="Wizard Book"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wizard</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="within-epsilon-of.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Wizard-Book.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wizard"/><dt xmlns="" id="wizard"><b>wizard</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Transitively, a person who knows how a complex piece of software
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or hardware works (that is, who <a href="../G/grok.html"><i class="glossterm">grok</i></a>s it); esp.
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someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency. Someone is a
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<a href="../H/hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker</i></a> if he or she has general hacking ability, but
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is a wizard with respect to something only if he or she has specific
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detailed knowledge of that thing. A good hacker could become a wizard for
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something given the time to study it. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The term ‘wizard’ is also used intransitively of
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someone who has extremely high-level hacking or problem-solving
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ability.</p></dd><dd><p> 3. A person who is permitted to do things forbidden to ordinary
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people; one who has <a href="wheel.html"><i class="glossterm">wheel</i></a> privileges on a system.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 4. A Unix expert, esp. a Unix systems programmer. This usage is
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well enough established that ‘Unix Wizard’ is a recognized job
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title at some corporations and to most headhunters.</p></dd><dd><p> See <a href="../G/guru.html"><i class="glossterm">guru</i></a>,
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<a href="../L/lord-high-fixer.html"><i class="glossterm">lord high fixer</i></a>. See also <a href="../D/deep-magic.html"><i class="glossterm">deep magic</i></a>,
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<a href="../H/heavy-wizardry.html"><i class="glossterm">heavy wizardry</i></a>, <a href="../I/incantation.html"><i class="glossterm">incantation</i></a>,
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<a href="../M/magic.html"><i class="glossterm">magic</i></a>, <a href="../M/mutter.html"><i class="glossterm">mutter</i></a>,
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<a href="../R/rain-dance.html"><i class="glossterm">rain dance</i></a>,
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<a href="../V/voodoo-programming.html"><i class="glossterm">voodoo programming</i></a>, <a href="wave-a-dead-chicken.html"><i class="glossterm">wave a dead chicken</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="within-epsilon-of.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-Book.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">within epsilon of </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Wizard Book</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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