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terminal junkie
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terminal junkie /n./ [UK] A wannabee or early larval
stage hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering the
directory tree and writing noddy programs just to get a fix of
computer time. Variants include `terminal jockey', `console
junkie', and console jockey. The term `console jockey'
seems to imply more expertise than the other three (possibly
because of the exalted status of the console relative to an
ordinary terminal). See also twink, read-only
user.
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