Term of the Day

2007-01-23 Mills bomb
2007-01-22 Nanny State
2007-01-21 The Specials (ska band)
2007-01-20 Q Clearance
2007-01-19 Pwn
2007-01-18 Book of Judith
2007-01-17 Transubstantiation
2007-01-16 Methuselah Mouse Prize
2007-01-15 Chronology Protection Conjecture
2007-01-14 Brainstorm (1983 film)
2007-01-13 Kurt Vonnegut
2007-01-12 Tom Sawyer (song)
2007-01-11 Slipstream (science fiction)
2007-01-10 Quale
2007-01-09 Media Circus
2007-01-08 Pinniped
2007-01-07 if (magazine)
2007-01-06 Ghillie Suit
2007-01-05 Driverless Car
2007-01-04 Lunch Box
2007-01-03 Negotiation (process)
2007-01-02 Folding@home
2007-01-01 Nylon
2006-12-31 Cougar (vehicle)
2006-12-30 Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
2006-12-29 Monotreme
2006-12-28 instant-runoff voting
2006-12-27 Opiliones
2006-12-26 St. Lawrence Island
2006-12-25 Mongolia
2006-12-24 Ware Tetralogy
2006-12-23 Black Box
2006-12-22 Autodidacticism
2006-12-21 Cumberland Farms
2006-12-20 Parents Music Resource Center
2006-12-19 Keating Five
2006-12-18 Hojojutsu
2006-12-17 The Turk (chess)
2006-12-16 Onomatopoeia
2006-12-15 Xiongnu
2006-12-14 Clean Room Design
2006-12-13 Omni Consumer Products
2006-12-12 Flat Earth
2006-12-11 Request for Comments
2006-12-10 Pigeon Drop
2006-12-09 Krumping
2006-12-08 Fluorocarbon
2006-12-07 Alternator (electromechanical device)
2006-12-06 George Orwell
2006-12-05 Global Information Grid
2006-12-04 Korokke
2006-12-03 Obelisk
2006-12-02 P. T. Barnum
2006-12-01 National Press Club
2006-11-30 Electric Ladyland
2006-11-29 Claddagh Ring
2006-11-28 Nitrocellulose
2006-11-27 Vagus nerve
2006-11-26 Nematomorpha
2006-11-25 Sparta
2006-11-24 Extropianism
2006-11-23 Post Scarcity
2006-11-22 Mondo 2000
2006-11-21 Jester
2006-11-20 Thermal Lance
2006-11-19 Filk music
2006-11-18 Epic of Gilgamesh
2006-11-17 Cold Reading
2006-11-16 Hype Man
2006-11-15 Flying Dragon (lizard)
2006-11-14 Zen
2006-11-13 Union Pacific Railroad
2006-11-12 Taconite
2006-11-11 Pyrrhic victory
2006-11-10 Twin Prime
2006-11-09 MacGuffin
2006-11-08 Muk Yan Jong
2006-11-07 Walk andTalk
2006-11-06 Urban Growth Boundary
2006-11-05 False Flag
2006-11-04 Aktiengesellschaft
2006-11-03 Cercopithecinae
2006-11-02 Axis Mundi
2006-11-01 American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming
2006-10-31 Grand Tour
2006-10-30 Retcon (Retroactive Continuity)
2006-10-29 Tangier
2006-10-28 Transliteration
2006-10-27 Eponym
2006-10-26 Osage-Orange
2006-10-25 Clavicle
2006-10-24 IAFIS - Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
2006-10-23 Johannes Kepler
2006-10-22 iBOT
2006-10-21 Silicon Dioxide
2006-10-20 Auxesis
2006-10-19 Suspended Animation
2006-10-18 Norse Mythology
2006-10-17 Magnetic Field
2006-10-16 Kukri
2006-10-15 Chemosphere
2006-10-14 Space Elevator
2006-10-13 Gene Roddenberry
2006-10-12 Vaporware
2006-10-11 Xenomorph (Alien)
2006-10-10 United States Merchant Marine
2006-10-09 Library of Congress Classification
2006-10-08 Sanguinello
2006-10-07 Blackboard System
2006-10-06 Dichloroacetic Acid
2006-10-05 Koala
2006-10-04 del.icio.us
2006-10-03 Metacarpus
2006-10-02 Resonance
2006-10-01 Dark City (film)
2006-09-30 Pi
2006-09-29 Declension
2006-09-28 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
2006-09-27 Camp David
2006-09-26 Amphisbaenia
2006-09-25 Silicon Alley
2006-09-24 levée en masse
2006-09-23 Hyperdrive
2006-09-22 Conway's Game of Life
2006-09-21 Polymath
2006-09-20 Dwarf Planet
2006-09-19 Mooby the Golden Calf
2006-09-18 Polybag
2006-09-17 Dyson Sphere
2006-09-16 Biological Uplift
2006-09-15 Breaching Round
2006-09-14 Blade Runner (film)
2006-09-13 Andy Warhol
2006-09-12 Brimful of Asha
2006-09-11 Fatboy Slim
2006-09-10 Post Scarcity
2006-09-09 PEBKAC
2006-09-08 Magnetic Levitation
2006-09-07 Möbius Strip
2006-09-06 Aurora (astronomy)
2006-09-05 Silicon
2006-09-04 Central Intelligence Agency
2006-09-03 Intentional Community
2006-09-02 Deadwood, South Dakota
2006-09-01 Vertical Blanking Interval
2006-08-31 Ultra-wideband
2006-08-30 Chess Variant
2006-08-29 Truthiness
2006-08-28 River Thames
2006-08-27 Jafaican
2006-08-26 South by Southwest (SXSW)
2006-08-25 Render Farm
2006-08-24 Scheherazade
2006-08-23 Chimpanzee Genome Project
2006-08-22 Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)
2006-08-21 Pinniped
2006-08-20 Chimera (genetics)
2006-08-19 Wetware
2006-08-18 VeriChip
2006-08-17 Terraforming
2006-08-16 Exothermic
2006-08-15 Man Plus (book)
2006-08-14 Separation of Concerns
2006-08-13 Dongle
2006-08-12 Chiptune
2006-08-11 Framing (communication theory)
2006-08-10 Freedom of Information Act (United States)
2006-08-09 Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
2006-08-08 Audacity (software)
2006-08-07 Active Denial System
2006-08-06 Centipede (video game)
2006-08-05 Keyer
2006-08-04 Sousveillance
2006-08-03 Nerdcore
2006-08-02 Quiverfull
2006-08-01 Kevin Poulsen
2006-07-31 HAL 9000
2006-07-30 Blood Substitutes
2006-07-29 Bushido
2006-07-28 Flamethrower
2006-07-27 Epistolary
2006-07-26 Cytokine Storm
2006-07-25 Urban Legends Reference Pages (snopes.com)
2006-07-24 Donnie Darko
2006-07-23 Disinformation
2006-07-22 TRS-80
2006-07-21 Linus Torvalds
2006-07-20 Perpetual Beta
2006-07-19 The Long Tail
2006-07-18 Darwin Awards
2006-07-17 RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
2006-07-16 RoboCup
2006-07-15 Bulletin Board System (BBS)
2006-07-14 Demoscene
2006-07-13 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2006-07-12 Screencast
2006-07-11 Parthenogenesis
2006-07-10 The 48 Laws of Power
2006-07-09 Benjamin Franklin
2006-07-08 OpenDocument
2006-07-07 MMORPG
2006-07-06 Parallel Evolution
2006-07-05 Nematode (Roundworm)
2006-07-04 Smartdust
2006-07-03 Parkour
2006-07-02 Ouroboros
2006-07-01 Fungus
2006-06-30 Anthropocentrism
2006-06-29 Problem of Evil
2006-06-28 Chromatin
2006-06-27 Foster-Miller TALON
2006-06-26 Bacteriophage
2006-06-25 Johannes Gutenberg
2006-06-24 New Orleans, Louisiana
2006-06-23 Darfur
2006-06-22 Mad Libs
2006-06-21 Loompanics
2006-06-20 Cyberia (book)
2006-06-19 The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link)
2006-06-18 Automated Fingerprint Identification System
2006-06-17 Red Hat
2006-06-16 Trial Balloon
2006-06-15 Amiga
2006-06-14 Fight Club
2006-06-13 Choose Your Own Adventure
2006-06-12 Form of government
2006-06-11 Borg (Star Trek)
2006-06-10 TRON command
2006-06-09 Gene Therapy
2006-06-08 Nielsen Ratings
2006-06-07 Executive Compensation
2006-06-06 Glial Cells
2006-06-05 Flipping (real estate)
2006-06-04 Day Trading
2006-06-03 Luddite
2006-06-01 Techno-progressivism
2006-05-31 Dystopia
2006-05-30 Memento (movie)
2006-05-29 Rote Learning
2006-05-28 BitTorrent
2006-05-27 Collaborative Fiction
2006-05-26 Uncanny Valley
2006-05-25 Metafiction
2006-05-24 hapax legomenon
2006-05-23 Brain Implant
2006-05-22 Sustainable Development
2006-05-21 Bandicoot
2006-05-20 Imprint (Publishing)
2006-05-19 National Geographic
2006-05-18 Ketchikan, Alaska
2006-05-17 PONG
2006-05-16 Onion Router
2006-04-15 Stigmergy
2006-04-14 Intelligence Amplification
2006-04-13 Chloroplast
2006-04-12 Songs for Drella
2006-04-11 Dada
2006-04-10 Graphic Novel
2006-04-09 Slipstream (literature)
2006-04-08 RQ-3 Dark Star
2006-04-07 Tardigrade
2006-04-06 Crypt of Civilization
2006-04-05 Tamarin
2006-04-04 Io (moon)
2006-04-03 April Fool's Day
2006-04-02 Usenet
2006-04-01 Snow Crash
2006-03-31 Interactive Fiction
2006-03-30 Pidgin
2006-03-29 Tragedy of the Commons
2006-03-28 Yucca Mountain
2006-03-27 Skunk Works
2006-03-26 Collaborative Filtering
2006-03-25 Proactionary Principle
2006-03-24 Fischer-Tropsch Process
2006-03-23 Silicon Valley
2006-03-22 THX 1138
2006-03-21 Elastin
2006-03-20 Orangutan
2006-03-19 European Union
2006-03-18 Robert A. Heinlein
2006-03-17 Offal
2006-03-16 Gratis versus Libre
2006-03-15 Film Threat
2006-03-14 Riverworld
2006-03-13 Brain-Computer Interface
2006-03-12 Urban Exploration
2006-03-11 ColecoVision
2006-03-10 Petronas Towers
2006-03-09 Computer Game Mod
2006-03-08 Lungfish (Dipnoi)
2006-03-07 Tapir
2006-03-06 SETI
2006-03-05 Galileo Galilei
2006-03-04 International Space Station
2006-03-03 Simon Magus
2006-03-02 Carbohydrate
2006-03-01 Wu Wei
2006-02-28 Carbon Nanotubes
2006-02-27 Nerve
2006-02-26 Drosophilidae
2006-02-25 Acromegaly
2006-02-24 Natural Selection
2006-02-23 Urban Legend
2006-02-22 Epoxy
2006-02-21 To Live and Die in L.A.
2006-02-20 Max Headroom
2006-02-19 Thoughtcrime
2006-02-18 Nitrocellulose
2006-02-17 Containerization
2006-02-16 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
2006-02-15 High-Definition Television (HDTV)
2006-02-14 Pozzolana
2006-02-13 Neanderthal
2006-02-12 Alpha Centauri
2006-02-11 Polymer
2006-02-10 2003 UB313 (Astronomy)
2006-02-09 Toyota Prius
2006-02-08 Bering Strait
2006-02-07 SantaCon
2006-02-06 Bioluminescence
2006-02-05 Trusted Computing
2006-02-04 Rhodes Scholar
2006-02-03 Syntactic Sugar
2006-02-02 Maglev Train
2006-02-01 Norman Borlaug
2006-01-31 Compiler
2006-01-30 Alternative Biochemistry
2006-01-29 PDF417
2006-01-28 Smart brand automobile
2006-01-27 Metcalfe's Law
2006-01-26 Income Inequality Metrics
2006-01-25 Allodial Title
2006-01-23 Fullerene (Buckyball)
2006-01-22 Spud Gun
2006-01-21 Phaseolamin
2006-01-20 Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)
2006-01-19 Verdana
2006-01-18 John Draper (Captain Crunch)
2006-01-17 Cetacea
2006-01-16 Guam
2006-01-15 WYSIWYG
2006-01-14 Mullet
2006-01-13 LazyWeb (Lazy Web)
2006-01-12 Mosh
2006-01-11 Liar Paradox
2006-01-10 Meritocracy
2006-01-09 H5N1
2006-01-08 Hostel
2006-01-07 The Selfish Gene
2006-01-06 Turbo Code
2006-01-05 Ultrasound
2006-01-04 Iggy Pop
2006-01-03 Braille
2006-01-02 Times Square
2006-01-01 Second Life
2005-12-31 Abstraction (Computer Science)
2005-12-30 Radical / Free Radical (Chemistry)
2005-12-29 Convergent Evolution
2005-12-28 Chaos Theory
2005-12-27 Xmas
2005-12-26 Intelligence Quotient
2005-12-25 HumanLight
2005-12-24 Ground Effect (Aerodynamics)
2005-12-23 Myrmecia
2005-12-22 EBITDA
2005-12-21 Mitochondrion
2005-12-20 ARPANET
2005-12-19 Caltrop
2005-12-18 Standard Deviation
2005-12-17 Blaise Pascal
2005-12-16 Render Farm
2005-12-15 World Community Grid
2005-12-14 Tim Berners-Lee
2005-12-13 Annelid
2005-12-12 Universal Product Code (UPC)
2005-12-11 MIT OpenCourseWare
2005-12-10 The Wire (TV Show)
2005-12-09 PSYOPS
2005-12-08 Gestalt
2005-12-07 Zeitgeist
2005-12-06 Apocrypha
2005-12-05 Polybius Square
2005-12-04 Web Application Mashup
2005-12-03 Wiki
2005-12-02 ASIMO
2005-12-01 Novikov Self-consistency Principle
2005-11-30 Khagan
2005-11-29 Zine
2005-11-28 Kantana
2005-11-27 Pattern Recognition
2005-11-26 Turducken
2005-11-25 Tryptophan
2005-11-24 Copyleft
2005-11-23 Gorillaz
2005-11-22 Turing Test
2005-11-21 Basic English
2005-11-20 Martingale (Roulette System)
2005-11-19 A Clockwork Orange
2005-11-18 Birthday Paradox
2005-11-17 Point of Divergence
2005-11-16 Genetic Programming
2005-11-15 Harsh Realm
2005-11-14 Bystander Effect
2005-11-13 UAV / Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
2005-11-12 Phi / Golden Ratio
2005-11-11 Emergence / Emergent Behaviour
2005-11-10 Earthship
2005-11-09 Vaporware
2005-11-08 Electromagnetic Pulse
2005-11-07 Public-Key Cryptography
2005-11-06 Bionics
2005-11-05 Executive Privilege
2005-11-04 Folksonomy
2005-11-03 Reverse Engineering
2005-11-02 Halloween Documents
2005-11-01 Grunge Speak
2005-10-31 Synecdoche
2005-10-30 Caesar Cipher
2005-10-29 Scopes Trial
2005-10-28 Hyperbole
2005-10-27 Technological Singularity
2005-10-26 Hanlon's Razor
2005-10-25 Meatspace
2005-10-24 Kevin Warwick
2005-10-23 Laws of War
2005-10-22 Backronym
2005-10-21 Situs Inversus
2005-10-20 Teratoma
2005-10-19 King's Gambit
2005-10-18 Swarm Intelligence
2005-10-17 BookCrossing
2005-10-16 FM-2030
2005-10-15 Skull and Bones
2005-10-14 Esperanto
2005-10-13 Meme
2005-10-12 Keiretsu
2005-10-11 Capsicum
2005-10-10 Progeria
2005-10-09 Cognitive Dissonance
2005-10-08 Steampunk
2005-10-07 Tui Malila
2005-10-06 Drake Equation
2005-10-05 Ubiquitous Computing
2005-10-04 Retronym
2005-10-03 Portmanteau