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Jargon File Series

Pi began monthly reprints of Eric S. Raymond's Jargon File (the legendary hacker dictionary, published as "The New Hacker's Dictionary" 1991, MIT Press) starting 1993-05 — V15 N05 as "Beginning HackerSpeak".

Series cadence: - A's — 1993-05 — V15 N05 - B's — 1993-06 — V15 N06 ("Beginning HackerSpeak: The B's") - C's Part 1 — 1993-07 — V15 N07 (renamed "Beginning HyperSpeak") - C's Part 2 — 1993-08 — V15 N08 - D's — 1993-09 — V15 N09 - E's — 1993-10 — V15 N10 - F's Part 1 — 1993-11 — V15 N11

Marks Pi's awareness of internet/hacker culture as the Internet reached Pi members.