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demigod n. 半神半人,小神,受崇拜的人 半神半人,小神,受崇拜的人 demigod n 1: a person with great powers and abilities [ synonym: { demigod}, { superman}, { Ubermensch}] 2: a person who is part mortal and part god [ synonym: { daemon}, { demigod}] Demigod \ Dem" i* god\, n. A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " demigod": Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, brave, bulldog, chutzpanik, decorated hero, demigoddess, fighting cock, gallant, gamecock, god, goddess, godkin, godlet, godling, good soldier, hero, heroine, idol, lion, man of courage, paladin, phoenix, stalwart, superhuman, the brave, tiger, valiant, valiant knight A hacker with years of experience, a national
reputation, and a major role in the development of at least
one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half
of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the
person must recognisably identify with the hacker community
and have helped shape it. Major demigods include {Ken
Thompson} and {Dennis Ritchie} (co-inventors of {Unix} and
{C}) and {Richard Stallman} (inventor of {Emacs}). In their
hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming
demigods themselves, and more than one major software project
has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of
apotheosis.
See also {net.god}, {true-hacker}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-10-27)
demigod: n. A hacker with years of experience, a world- wide reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognizably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie ( co- inventors of Unix and C), Richard M. Stallman ( inventor of EMACS), Larry Wall ( inventor of Perl), Linus Torvalds ( inventor of Linux), and most recently James Gosling ( inventor of Java, NeWS, and GOSMACS) and Guido van Rossum ( inventor of Python). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author' s veiled hopes of apotheosis. See also net. god, true- hacker, ubergeek. Since 1995 or so this term has been gradually displaced by ubergeek.
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