elder days

2 definitions found

elder days - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  elder days
  
     The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of
     the PDP-10, TECO, ITS and the ARPANET.  This term has
     been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's
     fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings".
  
     Compare Iron Age.  See also elvish and Great Worm.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

elder days - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  elder days
   n.
  
     The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the
     PDP-10, TECO, ITS, and the ARPANET. This term has been rather
     consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic The Lord of
     the Rings. Compare Iron Age; see also elvish and Great Worm.