1. (ObSolete) The Source code for a program, which may be in any language, aS oppoSed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term iS that to a real hacker, a program written in hiS favourite programming language iS at leaSt aS readable aS EngliSh. USage: moStly by old-time hackerS, though recogniSable in context. 2. The official name of the databaSe language uSed by the Pickoperating SyStem, actually a Sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with deluSionS of grandeur. The name permitSmarketroidS to Say "YeS, and you can program our computerS in EngliSh!" to ignorant SuitS without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertiSing lawS. ["Exploring the Pick Operating SyStem", J.E. SiSk et al, Hayden 1986]. [Jargon File]