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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	scary devil monastery
schroedinbug	science-fiction fandom
SCNR	scram switch
scratch	scratch monkey
scream and die	screaming tty
screen	screen name
screen scraping	screw
screwage	scribble
script kiddies	scrog
scrool	scrozzle
scruffies	SCSI
SCSI voodoo	search-and-destroy mode
second-system effect	secondary damage
security through obscurity	SED
See figure 1	segfault
seggie	segment
segmentation fault	segv
self-reference	selvage
semi	semi-automated
semi-infinite	senior bit
September that never ended	server
SEX	sex changer
shambolic link	shar file
sharchive	Share and enjoy!
shareware	sharing violation
shebang	shelfware
shell	shell out
shift left (or right) logical	shim
shitogram	shotgun debugging
shovelware	showstopper
shriek	Shub-Internet
SIG	sig block
sig quote	sig virus
sigmonster	signal-to-noise ratio
silicon	silly walk
silo	since time T equals minus infinity
sitename	skrog
skulker	slab
slack	slash
slashdot effect	sleep
slim	slop
slopsucker	Slowlaris
slurp	slurp the robot
smart	smart terminal
smash case	smash the stack
smiley	smoke
smoke and mirrors	smoke test
smoking clover	smoot
SMOP	smurf
SNAFU principle	snail
snail-mail	snap
snarf	snarf & barf
snarf down	snark
sneaker	sneakernet
sniff	SO
social engineering	social science number
sock puppet	sodium substrate
soft boot	softcopy
software bloat	software hoarding
software laser	software rot
softwarily	softy
some random X	sorcerer's apprentice mode
source	source of all good bits
space-cadet keyboard	spaceship operator
SPACEWAR	spaghetti code
spaghetti inheritance	spam
spam bait	spamblock
spamhaus	spamvertize
spangle	spawn
special-case	speed of light
speedometer	spell
spelling flame	spider
spider food	spiffy
spike	spin
Spinning Pizza of Death	spl
splash screen	splat
splat out	splork!
spod	spoiler
spoiler space	sponge
spoof	spool
spool file	sporgery
sport death	spungle
spyware	squirrelcide
stack	stack puke
stale pointer bug	Stanford Bunny
star out	state
stealth manager	steam-powered
steved	STFW
stir-fried random	stomp on
Stone Age	stone knives and bearskins
stoppage	store
STR	strided
stroke	strudel
stubroutine	studly
studlycaps	stunning
stupid-sort	Stupids
Sturgeon's Law	sucking mud
sufficiently small	suit
suitable win	suitably small
Sun	sun lounge
sun-stools	sunspots
super source quench	superloser
superprogrammer	superuser
support	surf
Suzie COBOL	swab
swap	swap space
swapped in	swapped out
Swiss-Army chainsaw	swizzle
sync	syntactic salt
syntactic sugar	sys-frog
sysadmin	sysape
sysop	system
system mangler