elevator controller
= E =
ELIZA effect
elite adj.
Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the
cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term
is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by
crackers and warez d00dz, for which reason hackers use it only
with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in
to the "hidden" or "privileged" sections of BBSes in the early
1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently,
early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset
of the sections (or `boards') on a BBS. Those who got to the
frequently legendary `triple super secret' boards were
elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the
forms `l337' `eleet', and `31337' (among others) have been
sighted.
A true hacker would be more likely to use `wizardly'. Oppose
lamer.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.