Jargon File Archive

Each file is provided in both CR/LF text compressed with Zip and LF text compressed with Gzip.
Version#	EOL/Ext	Size	EOL/Ext	Size	Notes

First 33 versions recovered from the last SAIL backup tape.

1.0.0.01  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1976-08-12.
1.0.0.02  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1976-08-18.
1.0.0.03  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1976-09-13.
1.0.0.04  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1976-11-30.
1.0.0.05  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1976-12-21.
1.0.0.06  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1976-12-21.
1.0.0.07  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-01-24. 
1.0.0.08  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-02-01.
1.0.0.09  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-03-11.
1.0.0.10  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-04-24.
1.0.0.11  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-07-04.
1.0.0.12  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-07-29.
1.0.0.13  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-08-19.
1.0.0.14  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-08-19.
1.0.0.15  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-11-08.
1.0.0.16  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1977-12-29.
1.0.0.17  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1978-02-21.
1.0.0.18  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1978-03-11.
1.0.0.19  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1978-11-08.
1.0.0.20  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1978-11-15.
1.0.0.21  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1978-11-15.
1.0.0.22  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1978-12-14.
1.0.0.23  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-02-18.
1.0.0.24  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-05-04.
1.0.0.25  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-05-31.
1.0.0.26  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-06-19.
1.0.0.27  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-06-19.
1.0.0.28  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-08-20.
1.0.0.29  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1979-09-12.
1.0.0.30  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1980-04-17.
1.0.0.31  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1981-01-06.
1.0.0.32  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1981-05-21.
1.0.0.33  -	DOS Zip	xxk	Unix gz	xxk	1981-07-22.


Higher-numbered 1.x versions were less-than-systematically retroacively numbered by archive maintainers prior to recovery of the SAIL tape versions.

1.0.3  -	DOS Zip	12k	Unix gz	11k
1.0.4  -	DOS Zip	24k	Unix gz	23k
1.0.5  -	DOS Zip	29k	Unix gz	28k
1.1.0  -	DOS Zip	33k	Unix gz	33k	ESR number.
1.1.2  -	DOS Zip	34k	Unix gz	34k
1.1.3  -	DOS Zip	35k	Unix gz	35k	Apparently the same as 1.0.0.33
1.1.5  -	DOS Zip	36k	Unix gz	36k
1.2.0  -	DOS Zip	36k	Unix gz	36k	ESR number.
1.3.0  -					ESR number. Same text as 1.2.0.
1.4.0  -	DOS Zip	39k	Unix gz	38k	ESR number.
1.5.0  -	DOS Zip	92k	Unix gz	91k	Text of The Hacker's Dictionary. ESR number.

Beginning of the modern-era Jargon File

2.1.1  -	DOS Zip	116k	Unix gz	115k	First ESR revision.
2.1.2  -					Missing!
2.1.3  -					Missing!
2.1.4  -					Missing!
2.1.5  -	DOS Zip	130k	Unix gz	129k 
2.2.1  -	DOS Zip	203k	Unix gz	202k 
2.3.1  -	DOS Zip	226k	Unix gz	224k 
2.4.1  -	DOS Zip	258k	Unix gz	257k 
2.4.2  -					Missing!
2.4.3  -	DOS Zip	284k	Unix gz	282k 
2.4.4  -	DOS Zip	286k	Unix gz	284k 
2.5.1  -	DOS Zip	295k	Unix gz	293k 
2.6.1  -	DOS Zip	311k	Unix gz	309k 
2.6.2  -	DOS Zip	311k	Unix gz	309k 
2.6.3  -	DOS Zip	312k	Unix gz	310k 
2.7.1  -	DOS Zip	332k	Unix gz	330k 
2.8.1  -	DOS Zip	356k	Unix gz	354k 
2.8.2  -	DOS Zip	357k	Unix gz	354k 
2.8.3  -	DOS Zip	358k	Unix gz	356k 
2.9.1  -					Missing!
2.9.2  -					Missing!
2.9.3  -					Missing!
2.9.4  -					Missing!
2.9.5  -					Missing!
2.9.6  -	DOS Zip	390k	Unix gz	387k	Text of The New Hacker's Dictionary, first edition.

Versions since publication of The New Hacker's Dictionary

2.9.7  -					Missing!
2.9.8  -	DOS Zip	402k	Unix gz	399k 
2.9.9  -	DOS Zip	419k	Unix gz	417k 
2.9.10 -	DOS Zip	442k	Unix gz	440k 
2.9.11 -	DOS Zip	450k	Unix gz	447k 
2.9.12 -	DOS Zip	461k	Unix gz	458k 
3.0.0  -	DOS Zip	468k	Unix gz	465k	Text of The New Hacker's Dictionary, second edition.
3.1.0  -	DOS Zip	477k	Unix gz	474k 
3.2.0  -	DOS Zip	491k	Unix gz	488k 
3.3.0  -	DOS Zip	496k	Unix gz	493k 
3.3.1  -	DOS Zip	498k	Unix gz	495k 
3.3.2  -	DOS Zip	505k	Unix gz	502k 
3.3.3  -	DOS Zip	508k	Unix gz	505k 
4.0.0  -	DOS Zip	513k	Unix gz	509k	Text of The New Hacker's Dictionary, third edition.

Versions since the last paper revision of The New Hacker's Dictionary

4.1.0  -	DOS Zip	582k	Unix gz	576k 
4.1.1  -	DOS Zip	565k	Unix gz	559k 
4.1.2  -	DOS Zip	567k	Unix gz	561k 
4.1.3  -	DOS Zip	570k	Unix gz	564k 
4.1.4  -	DOS Zip	570k	Unix gz	564k 
4.1.5  -	DOS Zip	571k	Unix gz	564k 
4.2.0  -	DOS Zip	582k	Unix gz	575k 
4.2.1  -	DOS Zip	583k	Unix gz	576k 
4.2.2  -	DOS Zip	578k	Unix gz	571k 
4.2.3  -	DOS Zip	584k	Unix gz	578k 
4.3.0  -	DOS Zip	594k	Unix gz	590k 
4.3.1  -	DOS Zip	595k	Unix gz	592k 
4.3.2  -	DOS Zip	603k	Unix gz	600k 
4.3.3  -	DOS Zip	608k	Unix gz	605k 
4.4.0  -	DOS Zip	632k	Unix gz	629k 
4.4.1  -	DOS Zip	639k	Unix gz	635k 
4.4.2  -	DOS Zip	623k	Unix gz	620k 
4.4.3  -	DOS Zip	649k	Unix gz	644k 
4.4.4  -	DOS Zip	649k	Unix gz	645k 
4.4.5  -	DOS Zip	651k	Unix gz	646k 
4.4.6  -	DOS Zip	652k	Unix gz	648k 
4.4.7  -	DOS Zip	654k	Unix gz	650k	

5.0.0  -					Reserved for The New Hacker's Dictionary, fourth edition.

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