Aihuxn.149 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!ihuxn!otto Wed Feb 24 20:05:52 1982 Re: What is the etymology of "flame"? I have noticed recently many questions about the etymology of various terms in this group (daemon, flame, etc.). Perhaps it would be useful if someone on the ARPAnet would circulate the *Hacker's Dictionary* that resides at MIT and Stanford. As I remember it, it does a reasonably good job of explaining the uses, abuses, and derivations of many terms about which there are likely to be questions. I think it would be great if someone could FTP the file from one of those machines and release it on net.misc. George Otto BTL, Indian Hill ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.