Wheel wars

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The Jargon File

Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

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wheel wars
Usage: n.
Etymology: Stanford University
Derivation: Stanford University


wheel wars: n.

[Stanford University] A period in larval stage during which student hackers hassle each other by attempting to log each other out of the system, delete each other's files, and otherwise wreak havoc, usually at the expense of the lesser users.

Sources

Source: wheel wars, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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