g-file n.
[Commodore BBS culture] Any file that is written with the
intention of being read by a human rather than a machine, such as
the Jargon File, documentation, humor files, hacker lore, and
technical materials.
This term survives from the nearly forgotten Commodore 64
underground and BBS community. In the early 80s, C-Net had
emerged as the most popular C64 BBS software for systems which
encouraged messaging (as opposed to file transfer). There were
three main options for files: Program files (p-files), which
served the same function as `doors' in today's systems, UD files
(the user upload/download section), and g-files. Anything that
was meant to be read was included in g-files.
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gabriel /gay'bree-*l/ n.
[for Dick Gabriel, SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic] An
unnecessary (in the opinion of the opponent) stalling tactic,
e.g., tying one's shoelaces or combing one's hair repeatedly,
asking the time, etc. Also used to refer to the perpetrator of
such tactics. Also, `pulling a Gabriel', `Gabriel mode'.
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gag vi.
Equivalent to choke, but connotes
more disgust. "Hey, this is FORTRAN code. No wonder the C
compiler gagged." See also barf.