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# Summary The article investigates the origin of the name "Zork" after discovering Wikipedia's claim that it was MIT jargon for an unfinished program lacked proper sourcing for 13 years. Through extensive research of historical documents and Wikipedia edit history, the author found conflicting accounts: some sources describe "Zork" as simply a nonsense word commonly used at MIT (like "foobar"), while others claim it specifically referred to works-in-progress. The author contacted early computer scientists to verify the true origin of the name.
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