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Contents
Confessions of a Happy Hacker
by Guy Steele
ix
Hacker in a Strange Land
by Eric Raymond
xv
Preface to the Second Edition
xix
Preface to the Third Edition
xxi
Introduction
1
How Jargon Works
9
How to Use the Lexicon
26
The Jargon Lexicon
33
Appendix A: Hacker Folklore
506
Appendix B: A Portrait of J. Random Hacker
522
Appendix C: Helping Hacker Culture Grow
531
Bibliography
533
Contributors
538

 
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