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

  Berzerkeley
       
           /b*r-zer'klee/ (From "berserk", via the name of a
          now-deceased record label) A humorous distortion of "Berkeley"
          used especially to refer to the practices or products of the
          BSD Unix hackers.
       
          See software bloat, Missed'em-five, Berkeley Quality
          Software.
       
          Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and
          political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been
          reported from as far back as the 1960s.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1996-06-01)
       
       

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

  Berzerkeley /b*r-zer'klee/ n. [from `berserk', via the name of a
     now-deceased record label; poss. originated by famed columnist Herb
     Caen] Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp. to refer to the
     practices or products of the BSD Unix hackers. See software bloat,
     Berkeley Quality Software.
  
     Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political
     peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far
     back as the 1960s.
  
  

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Berzerkeley
     n.
     (alt form en Berserkeley)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Berzerkeley
     n.
     (alt form en Berserkeley)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Berzerkeley
     n.
     (alt form en Berserkeley)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Berzerkeley
     n.
     (alt form en Berserkeley)

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