hacking x for y

2 definitions found

hacking x for y - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Hacking X for Y
  
     [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS
     made publicly available about each user.  This information
     (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could
     fill out various fields.  On display, two of these fields were
     always combined into a project description of the form
     "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky"").
     This form of description became traditional and has since been
     carried over to other systems with more general facilities for
     self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
  
     [Jargon File]
  

hacking x for y - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Hacking X for Y
   n.
  
     [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made
     publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR
     record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various
     fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a
     project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g., "Hacking
     perceptrons for Minsky"). This form of description became traditional
     and has since been carried over to other systems with more general
     facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).