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This a list of Jargon File entries that may or may not be included in the LQwiki.

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M

   M
   M$
   macdink
   machoflops
   Macintoy
   Macintrash
   macro
   macro-
   macrology
   maggotbox
   magic
   magic cookie
   magic number
   magic smoke
   mail storm
   mailbomb
   mailing list
   main loop
   mainframe
   mainsleaze
   malware
   man page
   management
   mandelbug
   manged
   mangle
   mangled name
   mangler
   manularity
   marching ants
   marbles
   marginal
   marginally
   marketroid
   Mars
   martian
   massage
   math-out
   Matrix
   mav
   maximum Maytag mode
   McQuary limit
   meatspace
   meatware
   meeces
   meg
   mega-
   megapenny
   MEGO
   meltdown, network
   meme
   meme plague
   memetics
   memory farts
   memory leak
   memory smash
   menuitis
   mess-dos
   meta
   meta bit
   metasyntactic variable
   MFTL
   mickey
   mickey mouse program
   micro-
   MicroDroid
   microfortnight
   microLenat
   microReid
   microserf
   Microsloth Windows
   Microsoft
   micros~1
   middle-endian
   middle-out implementation
   milliLampson
   minor detail
   MIPS
   misbug
   misfeature
   missile address
   MiSTing
   miswart
   MMF
   mobo
   moby
   mockingbird
   mod
   mode
   mode bit
   modulo
   mojibake
   molly-guard
   Mongolian Hordes technique
   monkey up
   monkey, scratch
   monstrosity
   monty
   Moof
   Moore's Law

   MOTAS
   MOTOS
   MOTSS
   mouse ahead
   mouse belt
   mouse droppings
   mouse elbow
   mouse pusher
   mouso
   MS-DOS
   mu

   muddie
   mudhead
   muggle
   Multics
   multitask
   mumblage
   mumble
   munch
   munching
   munching squares
   munchkin
   mundane
   mung
   munge
   Murphy's Law
   music
   mutter

N 

   N
   nadger

   nailed to the wall
   nailing jelly
   naive
   naive user
   NAK
   NANA
   nano
   nano-
   nanoacre
   nanobot
   nanocomputer
   nanofortnight
   nanotechnology
   narg
   nasal demons
   nastygram
   Nathan Hale
   nature
   neat hack
   neats vs. scruffies
   neep-neep
   neophilia
   nerd
   nerd knob
   net.-
   net.god
   net.personality
   net.police
   netburp
   netdead

   netlag
   netnews
   Netscrape
   netsplit
   netter
   network address
   network meltdown
   New Jersey
   New Testament

   newgroup wars
   newline
   NeWS
   newsfroup
   newsgroup
   nick
   nickle
   night mode
   Nightmare File System
   NIL
   Ninety-Ninety Rule
   nipple mouse
   NMI
   no-op
   noddy
   non-optimal solution
   nonlinear
   nontrivial
   not entirely unlike X
   not ready for prime time
   notwork
   NP-
   NSA line eater
   NSP
   nude
   nugry
   nuke
   number-crunching
   numbers
   NUXI problem
   nybble
   nyetwork

O

   Ob-
   Obfuscated C Contest
   obi-wan error
   Objectionable-C
   obscure
   octal forty
   off the trolley
   off-by-one error
   offline
   ogg
   -oid
   old fart
   Old Testament
   on the gripping hand
   one-banana problem
   one-line fix
   one-liner wars
   ooblick
   OP
   op
   open
   open source
   open switch
   operating system
   operator headspace
   optical diff
   optical grep
   optimism
   Oracle, the
   Orange Book
   oriental food
   orphan
   orphaned i-node
   orthogonal
   OS
   OS/2
   OSS
   OT
   OTOH
   out-of-band
   overclock
   overflow bit
   overrun
   overrun screw
   owned

P

   P.O.D.
   packet over air
   padded cell
   page in
   page out
   pain in the net
   paper-net
   param
   PARC
   parent message
   parity errors
   Parkinson's Law of Data
   parm
   parse
   Pascal
   PascalCasing
   pastie
   patch
   patch pumpkin
   patch space

   pathological

   PBD
   PD
   PDP-11
   PDP-20
   PEBKAC
   peek
   pencil and paper
   Pentagram Pro
   Pentium
   peon
   percent-S
   perf
   perfect programmer syndrome
   Perl
   person of no account
   pessimal
   pessimizing compiler
   peta-
   pffft
   PFY
   phage
   phase
   phase of the moon
   phase-wrapping

   pico-
   pig-tail
   pilot error
   ping
   Ping O' Death
   ping storm
   pink contract
   pink wire
   pipe
   pistol
   pixel sort