terminal junkie: n. [UK] A wannabee or early larval stage
hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering the directory
tree and writing noddy programs just to get a fix of computer
time. Variants include `terminal jockey', `console junkie', and
console jockey. The term `console jockey' seems to imply more
expertise than the other three (possibly because of the exalted
status of the console relative to an ordinary terminal). See
also twink, read-only user. Appropriately, this term was used
in the works of William S. Burroughs to describe a heroin addict
with an unlimited supply.
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