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.A gigabyte is one billion bytes, or roughly1048.576 megabytes or 1.024 million kilobytes.GLOBAL OUTDIAL- see GODGOD [Global OutDial]- An Internet outdial (modem connected to the Internet you can callfrom) that allows long distance calls.GODWIN, MICHAEL- Attourney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation; also writes articleson Net civil issues.Contributing writer for _Wired_.GOFFMAN, KEN- see R.U.SIRIUSGOGGANS, CHRISTOPHER- see ERIK BLOODAXEGOLDSTEIN, EMMANUEL- see EMMANUEL GOLDSTEINGOTH- Cyberpunk offshoot (well, not really; the net.goths are a cyberpunk offshoot; theregular, non-net goths are a punk offshoot) which is into vampyres and infinite sadnessand wearing black.I suppose you could call me a goth (well, as much as you can be agoth when you have short red hair), because I have pale skin and wear black and watch_The Crow_ a lot.[Okay, take a deep breath- the name of the subculture came from thename of a punk offshoot music movement pioneered by Siouxsie and the Banshees,which came from the Gothic books and movies (such as _Dracula_), which came from thename of the scary dark medeval architecture, which came from a derogatory name givento the Gothic architects comparing them to Goths, who were a tribe of barbarians.]GREENE, [Judge] HAROLD- The judge who busted AT&T and is now in charge oftelecommunications for the government.GROSSMAN, SAMUEL- see AGENT STEAL_GREY AREAS_- Hacker-oriented magazine whose topic is the "gray areas" of society,such as hackers and technology, underground music and bands, drugs, etc.Can bereached at greyareas@well.sf.ca.us, among other addresses. HACK- (1) to change a program so that is does something the original programmer eitherdidn't want it to do or didn't plan for it.Normally used in conjunction with "cracking"computer games so that the player will get unlimited life.Hacking a program is notcracking, and vise versa.See also CRACK(2) To code a program."I hacked out version 1.0a1 last week."(3) To break into a computer.(4) To alter in a clever way the status quo.(5) What you do; if you were a pilot, you could say "I hack planes." As far as I know,this was first used in 1994 by Bruce Sterling in _Heavy Weather_.#HACK- The hacking irc channel._THE HACKER CRACKDOWN_ [Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier]- Nonfictionnovel by Bruce Sterling about the Hacker Crackdown of 1990.Posted to the Net in 1993because of extensive legal maneuverings between Sterling and his publisher.THE HACKER CRACKDOWN OF 1990- Name given to the massive crackdown, of whichOperation Sundevil was the largest part.HACKER- There are about 20,000 definitions of a hacker floating around.These are someof the most common:(1) Any computer user.It drives everyone else crazy when anyone refers to anovice user as a "hacker." (Am I the only one who cringed when, in _Jurassic Park_, thatgirl goes "We prefer to be called hackers"? Really, am I the only one?)(2) A computer user who spends a lot of time on the system with an almostfetishistic approach.Usually refers to someone who knows a lot about computers, even ifthey are not a programmer.(3) Any user of an online service, such as CompuServe, AOL or the Internet.That¹sanother sort of annoying one, since just because some businessman goes on AOL tosend email to grandma, that does not mean he is a hacker.(4) A programmer.(5) A computer user who uses his skills unlawfully in any matter, usually to "breakinto" another system through a network.(6) Someone who is actually good at doing the things mentioned in 5).(7) A master programmer capable of things that seem "magical." [All of these arefrom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology¹s programmers in the 1960s, who calledthemselves "hackers," to refer to making a program better and more efficient, or making itdo something it was not originally intended to do.The media overused this to an incredibleextent, which added all the other definitions.]_THE HACKER FILES_- Comic book limited series published by DC Comics; gatheredsome press.It was well-researched and included characters based on Gail Thackeray andRobert Morris._HACKERS_- 1995 film about.well, hackers
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