netlag n.
[IRC, MUD] A condition that occurs when the
delays in the IRC network or on a MUD become severe
enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,
causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up
to a minute. (Note that this term has nothing to do with
mainstream "jet lag", a condition which hackers tend not to be
much bothered by.) Often shortened to just `lag'.
[IRC, MUD] A condition that occurs when the
delays in the IRC network or on a MUD become severe
enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,
causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up
to a minute. (Note that this term has nothing to do with
mainstream "jet lag", a condition which hackers tend not to be
much bothered by.) Often shortened to just `lag'.
Related:
- netlag: [IRC, MUD] n. A condition that occurs when the delays in
the {IRC} network or on a {MUD} become severe enough that
servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,
causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often... - lag n.
[MUD, IRC; very common] When used without
qualification this is synomous with netlag.
Curiously, people will often complain "I'm really... - netburp: [IRC] n. When {netlag} gets really bad, and delays
between servers exceed a certain threshhold,
the {IRC} network effectively becomes partitioned... - bot n
[common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from
`robot'] 1.
An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On... - netburp n.
[IRC] When netlag gets really bad, and
delays between servers exceed a certain threshhold,
the IRC network effectively becomes partitioned... - 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... - 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... - spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
Circus"] 1.
To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer... - robot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually
a program.
On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful ...
From the same category:
- quantifiers
In techspeak and jargon, the standard metric
prefixes used in the SI (Système International) conventions for
scientific measurement have dual uses.
With units of time or... - DAU /dow/ n.
[German FidoNet] German acronym for
Dümmster Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user).
From the engineering-slang GAU for Grösster Anzunehmender... - STFW imp. /S-T-F-W/
[Usenet] Commmon abbreviation for
"Search The Fucking Web",
a suggestion that what you're asking for is a query... - bytesexual /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj.
[rare] Said of
hardware,
denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either... - fred n.
1. The personal name most frequently used as a
metasyntactic variable (see foo).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch...
