UNIX Shell Hears C

Text on the meme

If you hold a UNIX shell to your ear, can you hear the C?

What it means

A school-yearbook-style page shows portraits of students in colorful academic robes beside the question, “If you hold a UNIX shell to your ear, can you hear the C?” The joke is a programming pun: a shell is both a command-line interface and something held to the ear, while C is a programming language that supposedly might be heard inside UNIX. It is used as a nerdy reaction to jokes about programming, UNIX, or overly literal wordplay.

Objects

student portraits / портреты студентов academic robes / академические мантии glasses / очки tie / галстук yearbook page / страница школьного альбома printed text / печатный текст UNIX shell reference / отсылка к оболочке UNIX decorative stars / декоративные звёзды colorful stripes / разноцветные полосы red-and-blue emblem / красно-синяя эмблема