1 - When a computer system shuts down and stops operation, usualyl without the operator wanting it to happen.
2 - A protected program.
3 - A file that has been changed by the OS so that it cannot be changed or deleted; often very easy to unlock.
4 - A floppy disk which has been physically locked to prevent accidental alteration or to prevent stupid people from modifying the contents.
2 - A protected program.
3 - A file that has been changed by the OS so that it cannot be changed or deleted; often very easy to unlock.
4 - A floppy disk which has been physically locked to prevent accidental alteration or to prevent stupid people from modifying the contents.
The system is locked.
by Larstait November 06, 2003
A way of representing information that uses a continuous range of values. Opposite of digital-- while a CD is digital, a tape is analog; while a computer is digital, an abacus is analog.
by LarstaiT November 06, 2003
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Hacker code of morality that was originally formed by the MIT hackers in the late 1950s to the late 1960s and articulated by Steven Levy in his book HACKERS: HEROES OF THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION. The creed is as follows:
1)Always yield the Hands-On Imperative! Access to computers-- and andything else which might teach you about the way the world works-- should be unlimited and total.
2) All information should be free.
3) Mistrust Authority-- Promote Decentralization.
4) Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.
5) You can create art and beauty on a computer.
6) Computers can change your life for the better.
While many of the 1960s hackers claim that modern hackers have rejected this code, it has actually strongly influenced all hackers for the last thirty years.
1)Always yield the Hands-On Imperative! Access to computers-- and andything else which might teach you about the way the world works-- should be unlimited and total.
2) All information should be free.
3) Mistrust Authority-- Promote Decentralization.
4) Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.
5) You can create art and beauty on a computer.
6) Computers can change your life for the better.
While many of the 1960s hackers claim that modern hackers have rejected this code, it has actually strongly influenced all hackers for the last thirty years.
by LarstaiT November 06, 2003
1. Ready and willing to be taught; tactable.
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.
by larstait October 11, 2003
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