elder days
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| :elder days: /n./ The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, [[ITS]], and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkiens fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age; see also elvish and Great Worm, the. | |
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