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 spelled `net police'.
See also net.-, code police.
(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 spelled `net police'.
See also net.-, code police.
Related:
- 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... - Police are examining all internet packets in the search
for a narco-net... - pain in the net n.
A flamer... - sneakernet /snee'ker-net/ n.
Term used (generally with
ironic intent) for transfer of electronic information by physically
carrying tape,
disks, or some other media from one machine to another... - sneakernet: /snee'ker-net/ n. Term used (generally with ironic
intent) for transfer of electronic information by physically
carrying tape,
disks, or some other media from one machine to another... - paper-net: n. Hackish way of referring to the postal service,
analogizing it to a very slow, low-reliability network... - paper-net n.
Hackish way of referring to the postal
service,
analogizing it to a very slow, low-reliability network... - net.- /net dot/ pref.
[Usenet] Prefix used to describe
people and events related to Usenet.
From the time before the Great Renaming, when most... - net.-: /net dot/ pref. [USENET] Prefix used to describe people and
events related to USENET.
From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when...
From the same category:
- K&R [Kernighan and Ritchie] n.
Brian Kernighan and Dennis
Ritchie's book "The C Programming Language",
esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice... - Blue Glue n.
[IBM] IBM's SNA (Systems Network
Architecture),
an incredibly losing and bletcherous communications... - exec /eg-zek'/ or /eks'ek/ vt., n.
1. [Unix: from
`execute'] Synonym for chain,
derives from the exec(2) call. 2. [from `executive']... - pseudosuit /soo'doh-s[y]oot`/ n.
A suit wannabee;
a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in... - strudel n.
Common (spoken) name for the at-sign (`@',
ASCII 1000000) character. See ASCII for other synonyms...
