Xkcd Glossary
Browse 4 xkcd terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Xkcd Terms
- Ballmer Peak
- A humorous theory from xkcd comic #323 proposing that there is a narrow window of blood alcohol content (around 0.1337%) at which a programmer's coding ability...
- DenverCoder9
- The protagonist of xkcd #979, who finds a forum post from 2003 describing his exact problem, followed only by 'nvm, fixed it' with no solution. A universal...
- Nerd Snipe
- To present a technically interesting problem that is so compelling that the target becomes completely absorbed in solving it, abandoning whatever they were...
- Nerd Sniping
- The act of distracting technically curious people with an irresistibly interesting problem, puzzle, or challenge that consumes far more attention than...
Related Topics
- Distraction (2 terms in common)
- Forums (1 terms in common)
- Puzzle (1 terms in common)
- Frustration (1 terms in common)
- Programming Folklore (1 terms in common)
- Humor (1 terms in common)
- Puzzles (1 terms in common)