[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

display hack n. a program with the same approximate purpose as a
   kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. famous display hacks include
   munching squares, smoking clover, the bsd unix `rain6' program,
   `worms6' on miscellaneous unixes, and the x `kaleid1' program.
   display hacks can also be implemented by creating text files containing
   numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one
   notable example displayed, on any vt100, a christmas tree with twinkling
   lights and a toy train circling its base. the hack value of a display
   hack is proportional to the esthetic value of the images times the
   cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. syn.
   psychedelicware.


see also:
munching squares smoking clover x hack value psychedelicware 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

display hack
     
         a program with the same approximate purpose as a
        kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures.  famous display hacks
        include munching squares, smoking clover, the bsd unix
        "rain6" program, "worms6" on miscellaneous unixes, and the
        x "kaleid1" program.  display hacks can also be
        implemented without programming by creating text files
        containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a
        video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any vt100, a
        christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling
        its base.  the hack value of a display hack is proportional
        to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of
        the algorithm divided by the size of the code.  synonym
        psychedelicware.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-05-10
     
     
see also:
munching squares smoking clover bsd unix x hack value psychedelicware 
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