troglodyte
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troglodyte
a cave dweller, esp one of the prehistoric peoples thought to have lived in caves
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troglodyte
(jargon)(Commodore) 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle.
The term "Gnoll" (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported.
2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing
environment. The combination "ITS troglodyte" was flung
around some during the
Usenet and
e-mail wringle-wrangle
attending the 2.x.x revision of the
Jargon File; at least
one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with
pride.
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