Sagan

2 definitions found

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

  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."
  
  



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

  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)