net.- /net dot/ pref.
[Usenet] Prefix used to describe
people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the
Great Renaming, when most non-local newsgroups had names
beginning `net.'. Includes net.gods, `net.goddesses'
(various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers),
`net.lurkers' (see lurker), `net.person', `net.parties'
(a synonym for boink, sense 2), and many similar constructs.
See also net.police.
[Usenet] Prefix used to describe
people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the
Great Renaming, when most non-local newsgroups had names
beginning `net.'. Includes net.gods, `net.goddesses'
(various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers),
`net.lurkers' (see lurker), `net.person', `net.parties'
(a synonym for boink, sense 2), and many similar constructs.
See also net.police.
Related:
- net.-: /net dot/ pref. [USENET] Prefix used to describe people and
events related to USENET.
From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when... - Great Renaming n.
The flag day in 1987 on which all of
the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed
from the net.
format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme.... - Great Renaming: n. The {flag day} in 1985 on which all of the
non-local groups on the {USENET} had their names changed from
the net.
format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme.... - net.police: /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those USENET
readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and
{flame} any posting which they regard as offensive or in
violation of their understanding of {netiquette}.
Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also... - net.police /net-p*-lees'/ n.
(var. `net.cops') Those
Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and
flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in
violation of their understanding of netiquette.
Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also... - routing problems on the
neural... - pain in the net n.
A flamer... - BARF-NET :
For the Bulemic in YOU... - Goalies:
At least we're in the Net...
From the same category:
- This can't happen
Less clipped variant of can't
happen... - room-temperature IQ quant.
[IBM] 80 or below (nominal room
temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit,
22 degrees Celsius). Used in describing the expected... - gronk out vi.
To cease functioning. Of people, to go home
and go to sleep.
"I guess I'll gronk out now; see you all tomorrow... - slack n.
1. Space allocated to a disk file but not actually
used to store useful information.
The techspeak equivalent is `internal fragmentation'... - frednet /fred'net/ n.
Used to refer to some random
and uncommon protocol encountered on a network.
"We're implementing bridging in our router to solve...
