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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
monstrosity from H.P. Lovecraft's seminal horror fiction. Cthulhu sends
dreams that drive men mad, feeds on the flesh of screaming victims rent
limb from limb, and is served by a cult of degenerates. Hackers think this
describes large <a href="../P/proprietary.html"><i class="glossterm">proprietary</i></a> systems such as
traditional <a href="../M/mainframe.html"><i class="glossterm">mainframe</i></a>s, installations of SAP and
Oracle, or rooms full of Windows servers remarkably well, and the adjective
is used casually. Compare <a href="../S/Shub-Internet.html"><i class="glossterm">Shub-Internet</i></a> and
<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>