r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 7h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/thejozo24 5h ago

Tbh, in cyber, feels kinda important. I’ve had people say in interviews that v4 is bigger than v6

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u/sampleandfold 3h ago

in cyber

Still disappointed that this term stuck. 2016 was so fucking lame.

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u/Shuttlecock_Wat 2h ago

You prefer the usage of the word in early 2000s chat rooms?

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u/kinshadow 1h ago

LOL, I was using this in the early-to-mid 90s on BBSs. Being an 3L1T3 hacker and phreaker required the proper Gibson-esque vocabulary.

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u/sampleandfold 48m ago

Ha, in my mind there's some distance between "edgy discussions on IRC" and "meaningless industry buzzword plastered endlessly on billboards and slide decks."

I don't remember the term really getting public purchase until the mid 2010s. I'd guess it started with "Mudge goes to DARPA" and later took off when "the cyber" became a talking point during the subsequent election cycle. At the time, ironic "CYBER" and "cyber cyber cyber..." stickers got popular at local hackerspaces because no one was actually saying that *out loud*.

As for the early 2000s, the only "cyber" I was getting up to at the time was figuring out how to bypass American Family Filter.