nick 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.
Compare handle, screen name.
[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.
Compare handle, screen name.
Related:
- 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"....

