terminal junkie

terminal junkie

(UK) A wannabee or early larval stage hacker who spendsmost of his or her time wandering the directory tree andwriting noddy programs just to get a fix of computer time.Variants include "terminal jockey", "console junkie", andconsole jockey. The term "console jockey" seems to implymore expertise than the other three (possibly because of theexalted status of the console relative to an ordinaryterminal).

See also twink, read-only user.