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= S =


S/N ratio

sacred

saga

sagan

SAIL

salescritter

salt

salt mines

salt substrate

same-day service

samizdat

samurai

sandbender

sandbox

sanity check

Saturday-night special

say

scag

scanno

schroedinbug

science-fiction fandom

scram switch

scratch

scratch monkey

scream and die

screaming tty

screw

screwage

scribble

scrog

scrool

scrozzle

scruffies

SCSI

ScumOS

search-and-destroy mode

second-system effect

secondary damage

security through obscurity

SED

segfault

seggie

segment

segmentation fault

segv

self-reference

selvage

semi

semi-infinite

senior bit

server

SEX

sex changer

shambolic link

sharchive

Share and enjoy!

shareware

shelfware

shell

shell out

shift left (or right) logical

shim

shitogram

short card

shotgun debugging

shovelware

showstopper

shriek

Shub-Internet

sidecar

SIG

sig block

sig quote

sig virus

signal-to-noise ratio

silicon

silly walk

silo

Silver Book

since time T equals minus infinity

sitename

skrog

skulker

slack

slap on the side

slash

sleep

slim

slop

slopsucker

slurp

smart

smart terminal

smash case

smash the stack

smiley

smoke

smoke and mirrors

smoke test

smoking clover

SMOP

smurf

SNAFU principle

snail

snail-mail

snap

snarf

snarf & barf

snarf down

snark

sneakernet

sniff

snivitz

SO

social engineering

social science number

soft boot

softcopy

software bloat

software laser

software rot

softwarily

softy

some random X

sorcerer's apprentice mode

SOS

source of all good bits

space-cadet keyboard

SPACEWAR

spaghetti code

spaghetti inheritance

spam

special-case

speedometer

spell

spelling flame

spiffy

spike

spin

spl

splash screen

splat

spod

spoiler

sponge

spoo

spooge

spool

spool file

square tape

stack

stack puke

stale pointer bug

state

steam-powered

stiffy

stir-fried random

stomp on

Stone Age

stone knives and bearskins

stoppage

store

strided

stroke

strudel

stubroutine

studly

studlycaps

stunning

stupid-sort

Stupids

Sturgeon's Law

sucking mud

sufficiently small

suit

suitable win

suitably small

sun lounge

sun-stools

sunspots

super source quench

superprogrammer

superuser

support

Suzie COBOL

swab

swap

swap space

swapped in

swapped out

swizzle

sync

syntactic salt

syntactic sugar

sys-frog

sysadmin

sysape

sysop

system

systems jock

system mangler

SysVile