The origin of this is the Jargon File [1] v. 2.3.1, published on 3 Jan 1991: http://www.catb.org/jargon/oldversions/jarg231.txt http://www.catb.org/jargon/oldve

The origin of this is the Jargon File [1] v. 2.3.1, published on 3 Jan 1991: http://www.catb.org/jargon/oldversions/jarg231.txt http://www.catb.org/jargon/oldversions/jarg231.txt This exact version of it was first published in v. 4.0.0, on 24 Jul 1996: http://www.catb.org/jargon/oldversions/jarg400.txt http://www.catb.org/jargon/oldversions/jarg400.txt That was then published as The New Hacker's Dictionary, third edition, 1996: https://books.google.com.vc/books?id=g80P_4v4QbIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com.vc/books?id=g80P_4v4QbIC&printsec=f... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File