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Hacker's Jargon file describes the origins of the word as follows:
It should be noted that the quoted text is neither correct German nor English, though a German speaker might find it easier to glean some sense from these convoluted words. That said, the entire (humorous) point about these signs was their incorrect language. For a roughly equivalent pseudo-English text often found in German computer rooms, see Germish.
The sign is also reported to have been seen on an Electron microscope at the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1950s. Such pseudo-German parodies were common in AlliedIn general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. In general English usage, those who share a common goal and whose work toward that goal is complementary may be viewed as allies machine shops during and following WWII.
Today this word gave name to several projects, including screen savers, hardware gadgets and other nostalgic things. Some notable enterprises are described below.
Blinkenlights project originates from the German Chaos Computer ClubThe Chaos Computer Club (CCC is one of the biggest and most influental hacker organisations. The CCC is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries and has currently around 1,500 members. It describes itself more poetically as a galactic communit as a celebration of its 20th birthday in 2001. A light installation in the building Haus des Lehrers at the AlexanderplatzAlexanderplatz is a large open square and public transport hub in central Berlin, near the Spree river and the Berliner Dom. Originally a cattle market, it was named in honour of a visit of the Russian Tsar Alexander I to Berlin in 1805. It gained a promi in BerlinBerlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. 5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and Havel in the northea transformed its front into a giant black and white low-resolution computer screen. It could be used to play PongPong an adaptation of table tennis to the video screen, was the first widely popular arcade game. Actually, since it used a video screen, it was the first video game. Pong was first released by Atari in 1972, although other video games in this form had be via mobile phone or it would display animations sent in by the public.
One year later the Chaos Computer ClubThe Chaos Computer Club (CCC is one of the biggest and most influental hacker organisations. The CCC is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries and has currently around 1,500 members. It describes itself more poetically as a galactic communit was invited to create a similar installation in the Bibliothèque nationale de FranceThe Bibliotheque nationale de France or BnF started by King Charles V 1368, is designed as a repository of all that is published in France. History The National Library of France traces its origin to the library of the king founded at the Louvre by Charle in Paris. This installation was called Arcade and featured higher resolution as well as eight shades of gray.
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