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• whalesong: n. The peculiar clicking and whooshing sounds made by a PEP modem such as the Telebit Trailblazer as it tries to synchronize with another PEP modem for their special high-speed mode.
  This sound isn't anything like the normal two-tone handshake between conventional modems and is instantly recognizable to anyone who has heard it more than once....
• moose call n. See whalesong.
• Omag: "What is that dreadful noise?! It sounds like a Bardakian pronghorn moose!
  -- "Unification II", Stardate 45245.8...
• feep: /feep/ 1. n. The soft electronic `bell' sound of a display terminal (except for a VT-52)
  a beep (in fact, the microcomputer world seems to prefer {beep})....
• feep /feep/ 1. n. The soft electronic `bell' sound of a display terminal (except for a VT-52)
  a beep (in fact, the microcomputer world seems to prefer beep)....
• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word
  And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be....
• To boldly call where no modem has called before.
• Good Thing: n.,adj. Often capitalized; always pronounced as if capitalized.
  1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice...