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How long does it take to read The New Hacker's Dictionary?

Eric S. Raymond, E. Raymond, Raymond, Eric Raymond

The New Hacker's Dictionary by Eric S. Raymond, E. Raymond, Raymond, Eric Raymond takes about 9 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 9 hours 19 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1991. 508 pages, about 139,700 words.

19 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 15 hours 31 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 9 hours 19 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 49 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Humor, Slang, Electronic data processing, Computers, Dictionaries, Terminology

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