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

sagan /say'gn/ n. from carl sagan's tv series "cosmos"; think
   "billions and billions" a large quantity of anything. "there's a sagan
   different ways to tweak emacs." "the u.s. government spends sagans on
   bombs and welfare -- hard to say which is more destructive."

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

sagan
     
         /say'gn/ from carl sagan's tv series "cosmos"
        billions and billions.  a large quantity of anything.
     
        "there's a sagan different ways to tweak emacs."  "the us
        government spends sagans on bombs and welfare - hard to say
        which is more destructive."
     
        jargon file
     
        1999-10-12
     
     
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