TINC //
[Usenet] Abbreviation: "There Is No Cabal". See
backbone cabal and NANA, but note that this abbreviation
did not enter use until long after the dispersal of the backbone
cabal.
[Usenet] Abbreviation: "There Is No Cabal". See
backbone cabal and NANA, but note that this abbreviation
did not enter use until long after the dispersal of the backbone
cabal.
Related:
- NANA //
[Usenet] The newsgroups news.admin.net-abuse.*,
devoted to fighting spam and network abuse. Each individual... - backbone cabal n.
A group of large-site administrators who
pushed through the Great Renaming and reined in the chaos of
Usenet during most of the 1980s.
During most of its lifetime, the Cabal (as it was... - backbone cabal: n. A group of large-site administrators who pushed
through the {Great Renaming} and reined in the chaos of {USENET}
during most of the 1980s.
The cabal {mailing list} disbanded in late 1988... - Lumber Cartel n.
A mythical conspiracy accused by
spam-spewers of funding anti-spam activism in order to force
the direct-mail promotions industry back onto paper.
Hackers, predictably, responded by forming a "Lumber... - TINLC //
Abbreviation: "There Is No Lumber Cartel".
See Lumber Cartel. TINLC is a takeoff on TINC... - If the telephone rings today..... water it!
-- Rev.
Thomas, Gnostic N.Y.C.... - GoAT //
[Usenet] Abbreviation: "Go Away, Troll".
See troll... - Why is "abbreviation" such a
long word... - There is no IGLU Cabal! None of them could pass the Turing test.
But strangely enough a computer program they coded...
From the same category:
- BOF /B-O-F/ or /bof/ n.
1. [common] Abbreviation
for the phrase "Birds Of a Feather" (flocking together),
an informal discussion group and/or bull session... - freeze v.
To lock an evolving software distribution or
document against changes so it can be released with some hope of
stability.
Carries the strong implication that the item in ... - Blue Book n.
1. Informal name for one of the four standard
references on the page-layout and graphics-control language
PostScript ("PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook",
Adobe... - blue box
n. 1. obs. Once upon a time, before
all-digital switches made it possible for the phone companies to
move them out of band,
one could actually hear the switching tones used... - phreaker /freek'r/ n.
One who engages in phreaking...
