| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Evil Empire | Computing | Evil Empire n. [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM, now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it actually has. See also Borg and search for Evil Empire (http://pages.prodigy.net/rkusnery/amsind.html) pages on the Web. Source: Jargon File.. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: EVIL EMPIRE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Evil empire | 35 | Evil empire | 35 | |
| Evil Empire (album) | 20 | Evil Empire (album) | 20 | |
| Evil empire (alternative meanings) | 3 | Evil empire (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
