As of February 2006, E2's copy of the Jargon file is complete for version 4.3.1. The current (2/06) version of the Jargon file is 4.4.7. For the latest version of the Jargon file maintained by Eric S. Raymond, please see http://www.jargon.org or http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/. E2 does not update this copy of the Jargon file. Versions 4.3.2 and 4.4.0 were significant changes over this version. Below please find the log of changes since E2's version of the Jargon file:
/me New in 4.3.2. ASCII art Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.2 Ada Changed in 4.2.2, 4.3.2 Angband New in 4.1.3. Changed in 4.2.0, 4.3.2 Archimedes New in 4.3.2. Aunt Tillie New in 4.3.2. BDFL New in 4.3.2. Bad Thing Changed in 4.1.1, 4.3.2 CP/M Changed in 4.3.2 Datamation Changed in 4.3.2 Death, X of New in 4.3.2. Doom, X of New in 4.3.2. Get a life! Changed in 4.3.2 Great Internet Explosion New in 4.3.2. Guido New in 4.1.2. Changed in 4.3.2 Hanlon's Razor Changed in 4.3.2 INTERCAL Changed in 4.1.1, 4.3.2 Infocom Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.3.2 Jeopardy-style quoting New in 4.3.2. OP New in 4.3.2. P.O.D. Changed in 4.3.2 Python New in 4.1.2. Changed in 4.3.2 SCNR New in 4.3.2. STR New in 4.3.2. September that never ended New in 4.1.1. Changed in 4.3.2 Sturgeon's Law Changed in 4.3.2 TAN New in 4.3.2. TOFU New in 4.3.2. TOS New in 4.3.2. UN*X Changed in 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.2 Wintendo New in 4.3.2. all your base are belong to us New in 4.3.1. Changed in 4.3.2 astroturfing New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.3.2 autoconfiscate New in 4.3.1. Changed in 4.3.2 bit bucket Changed in 4.3.2 blog New in 4.3.2. blogrolling New in 4.3.2. bodge New in 4.3.2. bottom-post New in 4.3.2. bricktext New in 4.3.2. broken Changed in 4.3.2 chainik New in 4.3.2. chickenboner New in 4.3.2. choke Changed in 4.3.2 cow orker New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.1.1, 4.1.3, 4.2.2, 4.2.2, 4.3.2 demoeffect New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.3.2 dinosaurs mating Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.2, 4.3.2 dongle Changed in 4.2.0, 4.2.2, 4.3.2 farm New in 4.3.2. farming Changed in 4.1.0, 4.3.2 fat pipe New in 4.3.2. flag day Changed in 4.2.2, 4.3.0, 4.3.2 foobar Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.3, 4.3.2 fork bomb Changed in 4.3.2 freeware Changed in 4.3.2 geek New in 4.3.0. Changed in 4.3.2 geekasm New in 4.3.2. goat file New in 4.3.2. google juice New in 4.3.2. grue New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.3.2 hell desk New in 4.3.2. holy penguin pee New in 4.3.2. honey pot New in 4.2.2. Changed in 4.3.2 horked New in 4.3.2. jibble New in 4.3.2. juggling eggs Changed in 4.3.2 kluge Changed in 4.2.0, 4.3.2 lamer Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.0, 4.3.0, 4.3.2 lossy New in 4.3.2. magic number Changed in 4.3.2 mainsleaze New in 4.3.2. mojibake New in 4.3.2. mouse pusher New in 4.3.2. mung Changed in 4.2.3, 4.3.2 narg New in 4.3.2. network address Changed in 4.1.1, 4.3.2 pink contract New in 4.3.2. ponytail New in 4.3.2. rathole New in 4.3.2. retcon Changed in 4.3.2 rubber-hose cryptanalysis New in 4.3.2. scram switch Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.3.2 sigmonster New in 4.3.2. slashdot effect New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.3.2 slurp the robot New in 4.3.2. splork! New in 4.3.2. sport death New in 4.3.2. spyware New in 4.3.2. talk mode Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.2, 4.3.0, 4.3.2 thunk Changed in 4.3.2 tits on a keyboard Changed in 4.2.0, 4.3.2 troughie New in 4.3.2. ubergeek New in 4.3.2. uptime New in 4.3.2. userland New in 4.2.2. Changed in 4.2.3, 4.3.2 wallhack New in 4.3.2. war-driving New in 4.3.2. yak shaving New in 4.3.2. emoticon Changed in 4.1.0, 4.3.0, 4.3.2, 4.3.3 smiley Changed in 4.3.3 AFAIK Changed in 4.4.0 ANSI standard New in 4.2.0. Changed in 4.4.0 ARMM Changed in 4.4.0 All hardware sucks, all software sucks. New in 4.4.0. CDA Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 CPU Wars Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 CRC handbook New in 4.4.0. DEC Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 Dejagoo New in 4.4.0. Exon Changed in 4.1.0, 4.3.2, 4.4.0 FUD wars Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0, 4.1.0, 4.4.0 G Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.0 GandhiCon New in 4.4.0. Godwin's Law Changed in 4.2.2, 4.4.0 Internet Changed in 4.4.0 Linux Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.3.0, 4.4.0 MIPS Changed in 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0 McQuary limit New in 4.3.1. Changed in 4.4.0 MiSTing New in 4.4.0. Moore's Law Changed in 4.1.2, 4.4.0 PDP-11 New in 4.4.0. Parkinson's Law of Data Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 PascalCasing New in 4.4.0. Postel's Prescription New in 4.4.0. Quirk objection New in 4.4.0. README file Changed in 4.4.0 Spinning Pizza of Death New in 4.3.2. Changed in 4.4.0 Stanford Bunny New in 4.4.0. TOPS-10 Changed in 4.4.0 Tux New in 4.2.0. Changed in 4.4.0 Utah teapot, the New in 4.4.0. VAX Changed in 4.4.0 VAXen Changed in 4.4.0 Whorfian mind-lock New in 4.4.0. Windowsitis New in 4.4.0. Wintel New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.4.0 adware New in 4.4.0. alt Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 and there was much rejoicing New in 4.4.0. anti-idiotarianism New in 4.4.0. bagbiting Changed in 4.4.0 banner Changed in 4.1.1, 4.4.0 bare metal Changed in 4.4.0 beige toaster Changed in 4.4.0 biff Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 big iron Changed in 4.4.0 bikeshedding New in 4.4.0. bixie Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.4.0 black hat New in 4.3.1. Changed in 4.4.0 blogosphere New in 4.4.0. boat anchor Changed in 4.4.0 bounce Changed in 4.1.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0 box Changed in 4.4.0 broken-ring network New in 4.2.3. Changed in 4.4.0 byte Changed in 4.4.0 camelCase New in 4.4.0. camelCasing New in 4.4.0. case mod New in 4.4.0. click of death New in 4.4.0. clone Changed in 4.3.0, 4.4.0 code New in 4.1.1. Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.0 connector conspiracy Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 cookbook Changed in 4.4.0 cracker New in 4.4.0. cracking Changed in 4.4.0 crash and burn Changed in 4.4.0 cthulhic New in 4.4.0. daemon Changed in 4.2.0, 4.4.0 defenestration Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.4.0 demigod Changed in 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 4.4.0 demon Changed in 4.4.0 doorstop Changed in 4.4.0 egg New in 4.4.0. empire Changed in 4.4.0 fisking New in 4.4.0. flash crowd New in 4.2.2. Changed in 4.2.3, 4.4.0 fossil Changed in 4.4.0 gribble New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.4.0 ham New in 4.4.0. ill-behaved Changed in 4.4.0 interrupt Changed in 4.4.0 jiffy Changed in 4.4.0 juice New in 4.3.2. Changed in 4.4.0 killer micro Changed in 4.4.0 kilogoogle New in 4.4.0. languages of choice Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 lenna New in 4.4.0. man page New in 4.4.0. marching ants New in 4.4.0. microfortnight Changed in 4.4.0 operator headspace New in 4.4.0. owned New in 4.3.2. Changed in 4.4.0 pffft New in 4.4.0. progasm Changed in 4.4.0 punched card Changed in 4.4.0 random numbers Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.0 sharchive Changed in 4.4.0 speed of light New in 4.4.0. spoiler space New in 4.1.3. Changed in 4.4.0 spoof New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.4.0 stack Changed in 4.4.0 timesharing New in 4.4.0. top-post New in 4.3.2. Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.0 twink Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.3, 4.4.0 vadding Changed in 4.4.0 w00t New in 4.3.2. Changed in 4.4.0 war-chalking New in 4.4.0. well-behaved Changed in 4.1.1, 4.4.0 ADVENT Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.2, 4.2.2, 4.4.1 Unix Changed in 4.2.2, 4.4.1 Formosa's Law New in 4.4.2. GIYF New in 4.4.2. Infinite-Monkey Theorem Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.2, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.2 Plan 9 New in 4.4.0. Changed in 4.4.2 Zork Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.2 bignum New in 4.4.0. Changed in 4.4.2 frotz Changed in 4.4.2 grilf Changed in 4.4.2 hacker Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.2 overclock New in 4.1.1. Changed in 4.4.2 platinum-iridium Changed in 4.4.2 proprietary Changed in 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.4.2, 4.4.2 recursive acronym Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.2 rootkit New in 4.4.0. Changed in 4.4.2 space-cadet keyboard Changed in 4.4.2 war dialer Changed in 4.4.2 EOD New in 4.4.3. GIPS Changed in 4.4.4 joe-job New in 4.4.4. shebang New in 4.2.0. Changed in 4.4.4 sniff Changed in 4.2.0, 4.4.4 snippage New in 4.4.4. ASCII Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.3, 4.2.3, 4.4.5 ASCIIbetical order Changed in 4.4.5 Acme Changed in 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.4.5 GWF New in 4.4.5. Itanic New in 4.4.5. Kool-Aid New in 4.2.3. Changed in 4.4.5 Murphy's Law Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.5 brick New in 4.4.5. open source New in 4.1.1. Changed in 4.4.5 point release New in 4.4.5. randomness Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.5 smoot New in 4.2.2. Changed in 4.3.2, 4.4.5 FUD Changed in 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.4.6 FidoNet Changed in 4.1.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.1, 4.4.6 Get a real computer! Changed in 4.4.6 IBM Changed in 4.1.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.6 Visual Fred New in 4.4.6. Yu-Shiang Whole Fish Changed in 4.4.2, 4.4.6 backbone cabal Changed in 4.1.0, 4.4.6 bang path Changed in 4.4.6 baroque Changed in 4.4.6 blinkenlights Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.3, 4.4.2, 4.4.4, 4.4.6 life Changed in 4.4.6 malware New in 4.4.6. tyop New in 4.4.6. C|N>K New in 4.1.0. Changed in 4.4.7 DDT Changed in 4.4.2, 4.4.7 Death Star Changed in 4.4.0, 4.4.7 I for one welcome our new X overlords New in 4.4.7. Usenet Changed in 4.4.0, 4.4.7 gib New in 4.2.2. Changed in 4.4.7 knurd New in 4.4.7. mav New in 4.4.7. nerd Changed in 4.4.7 pointy hat New in 4.2.0. Changed in 4.4.7 spod Changed in 4.2.3, 4.3.2, 4.4.7 tumbler New in 4.4.7. vi Changed in 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.4.7 zorch Changed in 4.4.7