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whacker


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whacker  \Whack"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  whacks.  [Colloq.] 
 
  2.  Anything  very  large  specif.,  a  great  lie;  a  whapper. 
  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whacker 
  n  :  something  especially  big  or  impressive  of  its  kind  [syn:  {whopper}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  whacker  n.  [University  of  Maryland:  from  {hacker}]  1.  A 
  person,  similar  to  a  {hacker},  who  enjoys  exploring  the  details  of 
  programmable  systems  and  how  to  stretch  their  capabilities.  Whereas  a 
  hacker  tends  to  produce  great  hacks,  a  whacker  only  ends  up  whacking  the 
  system  or  program  in  question.  Whackers  are  often  quite  egotistical  and 
  eager  to  claim  {wizard}  status,  regardless  of  the  views  of  their  peers. 
  2.  A  person  who  is  good  at  programming  quickly,  though  rather  poorly 
  and  ineptly. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  whacker 
 
  [University  of  Maryland:  from  {hacker}]  1.  A  person,  similar 
  to  a  {hacker},  who  enjoys  exploring  the  details  of 
  programmable  systems  and  how  to  stretch  their  capabilities. 
  Whereas  a  hacker  tends  to  produce  great  hacks,  a  whacker  only 
  ends  up  whacking  the  system  or  program  in  question.  Whackers 
  are  often  quite  egotistical  and  eager  to  claim  {wizard} 
  status,  regardless  of  the  views  of  their  peers.  2.  A  person 
  who  is  good  at  programming  quickly,  though  rather  poorly  and 
  ineptly. 
 
 




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