Jargon File History

We make at least the newest and oldest versions of the Jargon File available here.

jarg400.txt.gz -- The 4.0.0 release in flat-ASCII form, 25 Mar 1996. This was the TNHD third edition manuscript before final copy-edit.
jarg400.info.gz -- Version of the above suitable for info browsing.
jargon-upd.lst -- All new and changed entries since 3.0.0 (TNHD II).
jargon.text.z -- the original MIT/Stanford AI jargon file.

Entries with only trivial changes (spelling, punctuation, references, minor changes of phrasing) have been omitted from the change list.

Some archive sites will also include the following, depending on free space available and the sysadmin's whim:

jarg333.txt.gz -- The 3.3.3 version, Spring 1996.
jarg330.txt.gz -- The 3.3.0 version, Winter 1995-1996.
jarg320.txt.gz -- The 3.2.0 version, Spring 1995.
jarg310.txt.gz -- The 3.1.0 version, Fall 1994.
jarg300.txt.gz -- The 3.0.0 version, corresponding to the second paper edition from MIT Press. 1961 entries.
jargon2912.txt.gz -- May 10 1993 update. Last revision before the 3.0 freeze for TNHD's second edition. A few terms have been deleted, mostly game-specific slang from the MUD community. 1946 entries
jargon2911.ascii.gz -- Jan 01 1993 update. 1922 entries.
jargon2910.ascii.gz -- Jul 01 1992 update, with new entries and much additional historical material. 1891 entries.
jargon299.ascii.gz -- Apr 01 1992 update, with new entries from XEROX PARC and elsewhere. 1821 entries.
jargon298.ascii.gz -- Jan 01 1992 update, with corrections and new entries. 1760 entries.
jargon296.ascii.gz -- the sixfold-expanded version published in 1991 as "The New Hacker's Dictionary" by MIT Press. This is the entire text, except for Guy Steele's and Eric Raymond's introductions and the "vietnam wall" credits list at the end (and of course no fancy fonts and cartoons). 1702 entries.