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The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers.The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), Carnegie Mellon University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
At MIT, the terms hack and hacker have many shades of meaning, [33] [34] [35] though they are closely linked historically and culturally with computer hacking (in its original non-computer-cracker sense), collegiate practical jokes, and even culture jamming.
The term "MIT License" has also been used to refer to the Expat License (used for the XML parsing library Expat) and to the X11 License (also called "MIT/X Consortium License"; used for X Window System by the MIT X Consortium). [3] Furthermore, the "MIT License" as published by the Open Source Initiative is the same as the Expat License. [14]
Cruft is a jargon word for anything that is left over, redundant and getting in the way. It is used particularly for defective, superseded, useless, superfluous, or dysfunctional elements in computer software.
Other substitutions include "orifice" for office (as in later Back Orifice), "cruft" for garbage, and "hack", meaning an elaborate college prank carried out by MIT students. This last definition is the basis for the term "hacker". [citation needed]
MIT's central and east campus from above the Harvard Bridge. Left of center is the Great Dome over Killian Court, with the Stata Center behind. MIT's Building 10 and Great Dome overlooking Killian Court. MIT's 166-acre (67.2 ha) campus in the city of Cambridge spans approximately a mile along the north side of the Charles River basin. [6]
MIT has relatively few formal traditions, compared to many other universities, but has a rich culture of informal traditions and jargon. There are a few "big events" such as Commencement (graduation), but many smaller, decentralized activities sponsored by departments, labs, living groups, student activities, and ad hoc groups of MIT community members united by common interests.
MIT BBS, a Chinese online forum; MIT License, a license for the use of certain types of computer software; MIT: Murder Investigation Team, a British television programme; Monoiodotyrosine, a precursor to the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, an Indonesian terrorist group