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• finn: [IRC] v. To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on {IRC}.
  The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987....
• IRC: /I-R-C/ [Internet Relay Chat] n. A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• IRC /I-R-C/ n. [Internet Relay Chat] A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• jack in v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or BBS, esp.
  for purposes of entering a virtual reality simulation such as a MUD or IRC (leaving is "jacking out")....
• jack in: v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or {BBS}, esp.
  for purposes of entering a {virtual reality} simulation such as a {MUD} or {IRC} (leaving is "jacking out")....
• Microsoft Fights Linux -- By Contributing Kernel Patches If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
  .. and then destory 'em. That seems to be the new Microsoft strategy for dealing with Linux....
• channel hopping n. [common; IRC, GEnie] To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board, just as a social butterfly might hop from one group to another at a party.
  This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, `channel surfing'....
• channel hopping: [IRC, GEnie] n. To rapidly switch channels on {IRC}, or a GEnie chat board, just as a social butterfly might hop from one group to another at a party.
  This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, `channel surfing'....
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....