If you don't know about the Jargon File (a.k.a. New Hackers Dictionary) yet, follow these links only if you have two to four days of free time. It's maintained by the ever net.busy Eric Raymond.
The original version is here: www.dourish.com 
An audio French jargon file is also available here:
www.erational.org
Theres also a Jargon Wiki, which has based many of its articles off the Jargon File 4.4.7.
See original on c2.com