hop
1. n. [common] One file transmission in a series
required to get a file from point A to point B on a
store-and-forward network. On such networks (including
UUCPNET and FidoNet), an important inter-machine metric
is the number of hops in the shortest path between them, which can
be more significant than their geographical separation. See
bang path. 2. v. [rare] To log in to a remote machine,
esp. via rlogin or telnet. "I'll hop over to foovax to FTP that."
1. n. [common] One file transmission in a series
required to get a file from point A to point B on a
store-and-forward network. On such networks (including
UUCPNET and FidoNet), an important inter-machine metric
is the number of hops in the shortest path between them, which can
be more significant than their geographical separation. See
bang path. 2. v. [rare] To log in to a remote machine,
esp. via rlogin or telnet. "I'll hop over to foovax to FTP that."
Related:
- hop: 1. n. One file transmission in a series required to get a
file from point A to point B on a store-and-forward network.
On such networks (including {UUCPNET} and {FidoNet})... - bang path: n. An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address specifying
hops to get from some assumed-reachable location to the addressee,
so called because each {hop} is signified by a {bang}... - bang path n.
[now historical] An old-style UUCP
electronic-mail address specifying hops to get from some
assumed-reachable location to the addressee,
so called because each hop is signified by a bang... - UUCPNET: n. The store-and-forward network consisting of all the
world's connected UNIX machines (and others running some clone of
the UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy) software).
Any machine reachable only via a {bang path} is... - UUCPNET n. obs.
The store-and-forward network consisting of all
the world's connected Unix machines (and others running some clone
of the UUCP (Unix-to-Unix CoPy) software).
Any machine reachable only via a bang path is on... - network, the: n. 1. The union of all the major noncommercial,
academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet... - Internet address n.
1. [techspeak] An absolute network
address of the form foo@bar.baz,
where foo is a user name, bar is a sitename, and... - File Request [FidoNet]
1. n. The FidoNet equivalent of
FTP,
in which one FidoNet system automatically dials another... - diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
"Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare...
From the same category:
- rectangle slinger n.
See polygon pusher... - trit /trit/ n.
[by analogy with `bit'] One base-3
digit;
the amount of information conveyed by a selection among... - copybroke /kop'ee-brohk/ adj.
1. [play on `copyright']
Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has
been `broken';
that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme ... - INTERCAL /in't*r-kal/ n.
[said by the authors to stand
for `Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym'] A computer
language designed by Don Woods and James Lyons in 1972.
INTERCAL ... - little-endian adj.
Describes a computer architecture in
which,
within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses...
