n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom; most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Some hacker jargon originated in SF fandom; see
defenestration,
great-wall,
cyberpunk,
h,
ha ha only serious,
IMHO,
mundane,
neep-neep,
Real Soon Now. Additionally, the jargon terms
cowboy,
cyberspace,
de-rezz,
go flatline,
ice,
phage,
virus,
wetware,
wirehead, and
worm originated in SF stories.
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