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Definition: Samizdat |
SamizdatNoun1. A system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Samizdat /sahm-iz-daht/ n. [Russian, literally "self publishing"] The process of disseminating documentation via underground channels. Originally referred to underground duplication and distribution of banned books in the Soviet Union; now refers by obvious extension to any less-than-official promulgation of textual material, esp. rare, obsolete, or never-formally-published computer documentation. Samizdat is obviously much easier when one has access to high-bandwidth networks and high-quality laser printers. Note that samizdat is properly used only with respect to documents which contain needed information (see also hacker ethic) but which are for some reason otherwise unavailable, but _not_ in the context of documents which are available through normal channels, for which unauthorized duplication would be unethical copyright violation. See Lions Book for a historical example. Source: Jargon File. |
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A rough translation would be something along the lines of "Passing on" or "Giving it amongst yourselves". Essentially, the samizdat copy of the text, such as Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, were passed from one person to another.
Etymology (Russian):ñàì (self)+èçäà(âà)òü (to publish)
Contrast: freedom of press, freedom of speech
Samisdat was a zine published by Merritt Clifton in the United States in the 1960s prior to the advent of the high-volume photocopier. Like many 'zines, it was spurned by print shops because of its political content, so its publisher had to obtain his own offset press, which he operated himself. A book called The Samisdat Method was published by the author of the 'zine, which described the practical aspects of purchase and use of an offset press by authors with no background in the printing trade. The book went through several editions and eventually saw publication and distribution by the book trade. It is now out of print.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Samizdat."
Synonym: SamizdatSynonym: underground press (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Samizdat |
| Specialty definitions using "samizdat": Lions Book. (references) |
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| "Samizdat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Samizdat" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
samizdat | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "samizdat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | amizdatsay.(various references) | |
Russian | самиздат. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "samizdat": samizdats. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-m-s-t-z" | |
-2 letters: admits, amidst, matzas, stadia, zamias. | |
-3 letters: adits, admit, amias, amids, atmas, ditas, maids, maist, matza, midst, staid, tamis, tsadi, zamia. | |
-4 letters: adit, aids, aims, aits, amas, amia, amid, amis, atma, dais, dams, data, dims, dita, dits, ditz, mads, maid, mast, mats, mids, mist, sadi, said, sati, sima, smit, tads, tams, zits. | |
-5 letters: aas, ads, adz, aid, aim, ais, ait, ama, ami, dam, dim, dis, dit, ids, ism, its, mad, mas, mat, mid, mis, sad, sat, sim, sit, tad, tam, tas, tis, zit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-m-s-t-z" | |
+1 letter: samizdats. | |
+2 letters: dramatizes. | |
+4 letters: metastasized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6D 69 7A 64 61 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -- .. --.. -.. .- - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101101 01101001 01111010 01100100 01100001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a m i z d a t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006D 0069 007A 0064 0061 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5367797592706786 |
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