YAUN /yawn/ n.
[Acronym for `Yet Another Unix Nerd'] Reported from the San
Diego Computer Society (predominantly a microcomputer users'
group) as a good-natured punning insult aimed at Unix
zealots.
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Yellow Book n.
The print version of this Jargon File; "The New Hacker's
Dictionary" from MIT Press; The book includes essentially all the
material the File, plus a Foreword by Guy L. Steele Jr. and a
Preface by Eric S. Raymond. Most importantly, the book version is
nicely typeset and includes almost all of the infamous Crunchly
cartoons by the Great Quux, each attached to an appropriate
entry. The first edition (1991, ISBN 0-262-68069-6) corresponded
to the Jargon File version 2.9.6. The second edition (1993, ISBN
0-262-68079-3) corresponded to the Jargon File 3.0.0. The third
(1996, ISBN 0-262-68092-0) corresponded to 4.0.0.