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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cthulhic</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cryppie.html" title="cryppie"/><link rel="next" href="CTSS.html" title="CTSS"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cthulhic</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cryppie.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CTSS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cthulhic"/><dt xmlns="" id="cthulhic"><b>cthulhic</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/kthool´hik/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>Having the nature of a Cthulhu, the horrific tentacled green
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monstrosity from H.P. Lovecraft's seminal horror fiction. Cthulhu sends
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dreams that drive men mad, feeds on the flesh of screaming victims rent
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limb from limb, and is served by a cult of degenerates. Hackers think this
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describes large <a href="../P/proprietary.html"><i class="glossterm">proprietary</i></a> systems such as
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traditional <a href="../M/mainframe.html"><i class="glossterm">mainframe</i></a>s, installations of SAP and
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Oracle, or rooms full of Windows servers remarkably well, and the adjective
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is used casually. Compare <a href="../S/Shub-Internet.html"><i class="glossterm">Shub-Internet</i></a> and
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<a href="crawling-horror.html"><i class="glossterm">crawling horror</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cryppie.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CTSS.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cryppie </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> CTSS</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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