munchkin

2 definitions found

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

  munchkin
  urchin
  
     /muhnch'kin/ [Squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's
     "The Wizard of Oz"] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast
     hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted.  A term
     of mild derision - munchkins are annoying but some grow up
     to be hackers after passing through a larval stage.  The
     term urchin is also used.  See also wannabee, bitty box.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

munchkin - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  munchkin
   /muhnch'kin/, n.
  
     [from the squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's The Wizard
     of Oz] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast hacking BASIC or
     something else equally constricted. A term of mild derision --
     munchkins are annoying but some grow up to be hackers after passing
     through a larval stage. The term urchin is also used. See also
     wannabee, bitty box.