node n.
1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network.
2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS. Thus an MS-DOS sysop
might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single
machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.
1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network.
2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS. Thus an MS-DOS sysop
might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single
machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.
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address}};
a node-by-node specification of a link between two... - path n.
1. A bang path or explicitly routed
Internet address;
a node-by-node specification of a link between two... - BBS: /B-B-S/ [abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] n.
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The store-and-forward network consisting of all
the world's connected Unix machines (and others running some clone
of the UUCP (Unix-to-Unix CoPy) software).
Any machine reachable only via a bang path is on... - ANSI /an'see/
1. n. [techspeak] The American National
Standards Institute.
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To decompress or puff a file. Rare among
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[techspeak] (Often abbreviated `OS')
The foundation software of a machine;
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1. v. Verbal (and only rarely
written) shorthand for decrement,
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1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a `pure
code' portion shared between multiple instances of a program
running in a multitasking OS.
Compare English. 2. Textual material in... - sagan /say'gn/ n.
[from Carl Sagan's TV series
"Cosmos";
think "billions of billions"] A large quantity of... - browser n.
A program specifically designed to help users view
and navigate hypertext,
on-line documentation, or a database. While this... - You are not expected to understand this [Unix] cav.
The canonical comment describing something magic... - Guido /gwee'do/ or /khwee'do/
Without qualification,
Guido van Rossum (author of Python). Note that Guido...
