B - Jargon File

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B1FF	B5
back door	backbone cabal
backbone site	backgammon
background	backreference
backronym	backward combatability
BAD	Bad and Wrong
Bad Thing	bag on the side
bagbiter	bagbiting
baggy pantsing	balloonian variable
bamf	banana problem
bandwidth	bang
bang on	bang path
banner	banner ad
banner site	bar
bare metal	barf
barfmail	barfulation
barfulous	barn
barney	baroque
BASIC	batbelt
batch	bathtub curve
Batman factor	baud
baz	bazaar
bboard	BBS
BCPL	BDFL
beam	beanie key
beep	Befunge
beige toaster	bells and whistles
bells whistles and gongs	benchmark
Berkeley Quality Software	Berzerkeley
beta	BFI
BI	bible
BiCapitalization	biff
big iron	Big Red Switch
Big Room	big win
big-endian	bignum
bigot	bikeshedding
binary four	bit
bit bashing	bit bucket
bit decay	bit rot
bit twiddling	bit-paired keyboard
bitblt	bits
bitty box	bixie
black art	black hat
black hole	black magic
Black Screen of Death	blammo
blargh	blast
blat	bletch
bletcherous	blinkenlights
blit	blitter
blivet	bloatware
BLOB	block
blog	Bloggs Family
blogosphere	blogrolling
blow an EPROM	blow away
blow out	blow past
blow up	BLT
blue box	Blue Glue
blue goo	Blue Screen of Death
blue wire	blurgle
BNF	boa
board	boat anchor
bob	bodge
BOF	BOFH
bogo-sort	bogometer
BogoMIPS	bogon
bogon filter	bogon flux
bogosity	bogotify
bogue out	bogus
Bohr bug	boink
bomb	bondage-and-discipline language
bonk/oif	book titles
boot	Borg
borken	bot
bottom feeder	bottom-post
bottom-up implementation	bounce
bounce message	boustrophedon
box	boxed comments
boxen	boxology
bozotic	brain dump
brain fart	brain-damaged
brain-dead	braino
brainwidth	bread crumbs
break	break-even point
breath-of-life packet	breedle
Breidbart Index	bricktext
bring X to its knees	brittle
broadcast storm	broken
broken arrow	broken-ring network
BrokenWindows	broket
Brooks's Law	brown-paper-bag bug
browser	BRS
brute force	brute force and ignorance
BSD	BSOD
BUAF	BUAG
bubble sort	bucky bits
buffer chuck	buffer overflow
bug	bug-compatible
bug-for-bug compatible	bug-of-the-month club
bulletproof	bullschildt
bump	burble
buried treasure	burn a CD
burn-in period	burst page
busy-wait	buzz
buzzword-compliant	BWQ
by hand	byte
byte sex	bytesexual
Bzzzt! Wrong.