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[[Jargon File|Jargon]] for porn.
[[Usenet]], [[IRC]] [[Pornography]]. Originally this referred only to [[Internet]] porn but since then it has expanded to refer to just about any kind. The term comes from the [[warez]] kiddies tendency to replace letters with numbers. At some point on [[IRC]] someone mistyped, swapping the middle two characters, and the name stuck. It then propagated over into mainstream [[hacker]] usage. New versions of the [[Mozilla]] [[Firefox|web browser]] internally refer to the image library as '''libpr0n'''?. Compare [[filk]], [[grilf]], [[hing]] and [[newsfroup]].
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Latest revision as of 07:23, 13 November 2007
Jargon for porn.
Usenet, IRC Pornography. Originally this referred only to Internet porn but since then it has expanded to refer to just about any kind. The term comes from the warez kiddies tendency to replace letters with numbers. At some point on IRC someone mistyped, swapping the middle two characters, and the name stuck. It then propagated over into mainstream hacker usage. New versions of the Mozilla web browser internally refer to the image library as libpr0n?. Compare filk, grilf, hing and newsfroup.
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