Matrix n.
[FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and
sysops call FidoNet. 2. Fanciful term for a cyberspace
expected to emerge from current networking experiments (see the network). The name of th
"The Matrix" played on this sense, which however had been
established for years before. 3. The totality of present-day
computer networks (popularized in this sense by John Quarterman;
rare outside academic literature).
[FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and
sysops call FidoNet. 2. Fanciful term for a cyberspace
expected to emerge from current networking experiments (see the network). The name of th
"The Matrix" played on this sense, which however had been
established for years before. 3. The totality of present-day
computer networks (popularized in this sense by John Quarterman;
rare outside academic literature).
Related:
- Matrix: [FidoNet] n. 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call
{FidoNet}.
2. Fanciful term for a {cyberspace} expected to ... - cyberspace /si:'br-spays`/ n.
1. Notional
`information-space' loaded with visual cues and navigable with
brain-computer interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of cyberpunk SF. Serious... - the network n.
1. Historicaslly, the union of all the major
noncommercial,
academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as ... - 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)... - 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})... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - ping
[from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
n. Slang term for a small network message (ICMP... - network, the: n. 1. The union of all the major noncommercial,
academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet... - File Attach: [FidoNet] 1. n. A file sent along with a mail message
from one BBS to another.
2. vt. Sending someone a file by using the File...
From the same category:
- IWBNI //
Abbreviation for `It Would Be Nice If'.
Compare WIBNI... - computer geek n.
1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a
living.
One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes... - 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... - address harvester n.
A robot that searches web pages
and/or filters netnews traffic looking for valid email addresses.
Some address harvesters are benign, used only for compiling... - dup killer /d[y]oop kill'r/ n.
[FidoNet] Software that is supposed to detect and...
