Ick N. [IRC; Very Common] Short For Nickname. On IRC, Every User Must Pick A Nick, Which Is Sometimes The Same As The User's Real Name Or Login Name, But Is Often More Fanciful.

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• ick: [IRC] n. Short for nickname. On {IRC}, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful.
  Compare {handle}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• handle n. 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym
  a `nom de guerre' intended to conceal the user's true identity....
• creen name n. A handle sense 1. This term has been common among users of IRC, MUDs, and commercial on-line services since the mid-1990s.
  Hackers recognize the term but don't generally use it....
• jupiter vt. [IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• jupiter: [IRC] vt. To kill an {IRC} {robot} or user and then take its place by adopting its {nick} so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• initgame /in-it'gaym/ n. [IRC] An IRC version of the trivia game "Botticelli
  in which one user changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....
• initgame: /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An {IRC} version of the venerable trivia game "20 questio
  in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....
• obot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually a program.
  On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• ken /ken/ n. 1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix.
  In the early days he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read "Love, ken"....