Welcome to the heart of clarity for technical language. This page serves as a curated reference of definitions, jargon, and computer‑related terms you’ll encounter throughout CATENCODE and beyond. Whether you’re decoding acronyms, clarifying system names, or exploring foundational concepts in computing and digital technology, our goal is to demystify the terms so you can move forward with confidence.
Here you’ll find concise, accurate explanations written for real understanding — not just dictionary echoes. Think of it as your living glossary: sorted for easy browsing, linked for deeper context, and structured so that both beginners and seasoned users can find exactly what they need without wading through unnecessary complexity.
A — Abstraction, Algorithm, API, AI
ABAP Abbrev ABEND Accumulator ACK Ad-Hockery Ada Adger Admin ADVENT AES Agoric Systems AI koans AI-Complete AIDS Airplane Rule Aliasing Bug Alice and Bob All-Elbows Alpha Particles ALT Alt Bit Aluminum Book Amoeba AMP Amp Off Amper Angle Brackets Angry Fruit Salad AOS API APL App Arc Arc Wars Archive Arena ARG Armor-Plated Asbestos Asbestos Cork Award Asbestos Longjohns ASCII Art ASCII Assembly Attoparsec Autobogotiphobia Automagically AWK
B — Backup, Binary, Bandwidth
Back Door Back end Backbone Cabal Backbone Site Backgammon Background Backspace and Overstrike Backup Backward Combatability BAD Bad Thing Bag on the Side Bagbiter BAMF Banana Label Banana Problem Bandwidth Bang Bang On Bang Path Banner Bar Bare Metal Barf Barfulation Barfulous Baroque BartleMUD BASIC Batch Bathtub Curve Baud Baud Barf Baz BBoard BBS BC BCPL Beam Beanie Key Beep Beige Toaster Bells and Whistles Bells, Whistles and Gongs Benchmark Berkeley Quality Software Berklix Berserking Berzerkeley Beta BFI Bible BiCapitalization BIFF Big Gray Wall Big Iron Big Red Switch Big Room, the Big Win Big-Endian BigNum Bigot BIOS bit Bit Bang Bit Bashing Bit Bucket Bit Decay Bit Rot Bit Twiddling Bit-paired Keyboard bitBLT BITNET bits Bitty Box Bixie BK Black Art Black Hole Black Magic Blast Blat Bletch Bletcherous Blinkenlights BLIT Blitter Blivet Blob Block Block Transfer Computations Blow an EPROM Blow Away Blow Out Blow Past Blow Up BLT Blue Book Blue Glue Blue Goo BNF Boa Board Boat Anchor Bogo Sort Bogometer Bogon Bogon Filter Bogon Flux Bogosity Bogotify Bogue Out Bogus Bohr Bug Boink Bomb Bondage And Discipline Language Bonk/Oif Book Titles Boot Bottom-up Implementation Bounce Bounce Message Box Boxed Comments Boxen Boxology Bozotic BQS Brain Dump Brain Damaged Brain Dead Braino Branch to Fishkill Brand Brand Brand Break Breath-of-Life Packet Breedle Bring X to its Knees Brittle Broadcast Storm Broken Broken Arrow Broket Brooks' Law BRS Brute Force Brute Force and Ignorance BSD Bubble Sort Bucky Bits Buffer Overflow Bug Bug-Compatible Bug-for-Bug Compatible Buglix Bulletproof Bum Bump Burble Buried Treasure Burn-in Period Burst Page Busy-Wait Buzz BWQ By Hand Byte Bytesexual
C — Cache, Cloud, CPU
C Calculator Can Canonical Card Card Walloper Careware Cargo Cult Programming Case and Paste Casters-up Mode Casting the Runes CAT Catatonic CDR Chad Chad Box Chain Chapel Char Charityware Chase Pointers Chemist Chernobyl Chicken Chernobyl Packet Chicken Head Chiclet Keyboard Chine Nual Chinese Army Technique Choke Chomp Chomper Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Packet Chrome Chug Church of the SubGenius CI$ Cinderella Book Cistercian Numerals Classic C Clean CLM Clobber Clocks Clone Cloud Clover Key Clustergeeking COBOL COBOL fingers Code Code Grinder Code Police Codewalker Coefficient Coefficient of X Cokebottle Cold Boot Collusion COME FROM Comm Mode Command Key Comment Out Commonwealth Hackish Compact Compiler Jock Compu$erve Computer Computer Confetti Computer Geek Computron Condition Out Condom Connector Conspiracy Cons Considered Harmful Console Console Jockey Content-Free Control-C Control-O Control-Q Control-S Control-V Control-X Control-Z Conway's Law Cookbook Cookie Cookie Bear Cookie File Cookie Monster Copper Copy Protection Copybroke Copyleft Copywronged Core Core Dump Core Leak Core Wars Corge Cosmic Rays Cough and Die Cowboy CP/M CPU CPU Wars Cracker Crank Crash Crash and Burn Crawling Horror Cray Cray Instability Crayola Crayon Creationism Creeping Elegance Creeping Featurism Creeping Featuritis Cretin Cretinous Crippleware Critical Mass CRLF Crock Cross-Post Crudware Cruft Cruft Together Cruftsmanship Crufty Crumb Crunch Cruncha Cruncha Cruncha Cryppie CTSS CTY Cube Cubing Cursor Dipped in X Cuspy Cut a Tape Cybercrud Cyberpunk Cyberspace Cycle Cycle Crunch Cycle Drought Cycle of Reincarnation Cycle Server