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(from ‘[[berserk]]’, via the name of a now-deceased record label; poss. originated by famed columnist [[Herb Caen]]. |
(from ‘[[berserk]]’, via the name of a now-deceased record label; poss. originated by famed columnist [[Herb Caen]]. |
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Humorous distortion of |
Humorous distortion of [[Berkeley]] used esp. to refer to the practices or products of the [[BSD]] [[Unix]] [[hacker]]s. See [[software bloat]], [[Berkeley Quality Software]]. |
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Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far back as the 1960s. |
Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political peculiarities of [http://www.berkeley.edu/ UC Berkeley] as a whole has been reported from as far back as the 1960s. |
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From the [[Jargon File]] |
From the [[Jargon File]] |
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also see: [[Berkeley]], [http://s23.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Berkeley&fulltext=Search Search Wiki for Berkeley] |
also see: [[Berkeley]], [http://s23.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Berkeley&fulltext=Search Search Wiki for Berkeley] |
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Latest revision as of 17:41, 28 October 2007
Berzerkeley: /b@r·zer´klee/, n.
(from ‘berserk’, via the name of a now-deceased record label; poss. originated by famed columnist Herb Caen.
Humorous distortion of Berkeley used esp. to refer to the practices or products of the BSD Unix hackers. See software bloat, Berkeley Quality Software.
Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far back as the 1960s.
From the Jargon File
also see: Berkeley, Search Wiki for Berkeley
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