Easter Egg

WHAT IS AN EASTER EGG? Easter eggs are undocumented bits of code that come hidden inside operating systems, applications, Web browsers, games, and other programs. Easter eggs are usually very well hidden and requires knowledge of arcane, undocumented commands. Click in the proper place, edit the right file, or type in the secret sequence, and you'll be rewarded with anything from a simple scrolling list of the names of the programmers who created the product to a full-blown game you can play. They're fun to look for, fun to find so get started.

http://www.eeggs.com/

http://www.eeggs.com/faq.html

http://www.eggscentral.com/

In the context of software (get that Cadbury Bunny out of your head!), an Easter Egg is a hidden feature or novelty that the programmers have put in their software. In general, it is any hidden, entertaining thing that a creator hides in their creation only for their own personal reasons. This can be anything from a hidden list of the developers, to hidden commands, to jokes, to funny animations. You'd be surprised just how many things contain Easter Eggs...

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 * A true Easter Egg must satisfy the following criteria:

1. Undocumented, Hidden, and Non-Obvious An Easter Egg can't be a legitimate feature of a product, or be an obvious part of a storyline. Easter Eggs     will usually stand out either because they totally don't fit with their context (like a pinball game in a word processor), or because they have a deeper hidden personal meaning to the creators, so they threw it in for entertainment.

2. Reproducible Every user with the same product or combination of products must be able to produce the same result given the instructions. If others can't reproduce an Egg, then it doesn't belong in this archive.

3. Put There by the Creators for Personal Reasons The Egg must have been put there on purpose, and furthermore have a personal significance to the creators beyond just making a better product (movie, TV show, software program, etc).

4. Not Malicious Easter Eggs are there for fun, not to do damage.

5. ENTERTAINING! The most important element... if it's not there for entertainment, it's not an Egg.

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