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• alker system: n. British hackerism for software that enables real-time chat or {talk mode}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• forum n. [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS
  a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see postings for all to read and discussion ensues....
• hakspek: /hak'speek/ n. A shorthand method of spelling found on many British academic bulletin boards and {talker system}s.
  Syllables and whole words in a sentence are replaced by single ASCII characters the names of which are phonetically similar or equivalent, while multiple letters are usually dropped....
• comm mode /kom mohd/ n. [ITS: from the feature supporting on-line cha
  he term may spelled with one or two m's] Syn. for talk mode....
• forum: n. [USENET, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {network, the}).
  A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues....
• hakspek /hak'speek/ n. A shorthand method of spelling found on many British academic bulletin boards and talker systems.
  Syllables and whole single ASCII characters the names of which are phonetically similar or equivalent, while multiple letters are usually dropped....
• 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, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• 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, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• Missed'em-five n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&
  T System V Unix, generally used by BSD partisans in a bigoted mood....