channel hopping n.
[common; IRC, GEnie] To rapidly
switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board, just as a
social butterfly might hop from one group to another at a party.
This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, `channel
surfing'.
[common; IRC, GEnie] To rapidly
switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board, just as a
social butterfly might hop from one group to another at a party.
This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, `channel
surfing'.
Related:
- channel hopping: [IRC, GEnie] n. To rapidly switch channels on
{IRC},
or a GEnie chat board, just as a social butterfly might... - surf v.
[from the `surf' idiom for rapidly flipping TV
channels] To traverse the Internet in search of interesting stuff,
used esp. if one is doing so with a World Wide Web... - CHOP /chop/ n.
[IRC] See channel op... - rehi
[IRC,
MUD] "Hello again." Very commonly used to greet ... - kick v.
[IRC] To cause somebody to be removed from a
IRC channel,
an option only available to channel ops. This is ... - chanop /chan'-op/ n.
[IRC] See channel op... - 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... - 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... - channel n.
[IRC] The basic unit of discussion on
IRC.
Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read...
From the same category:
- Eris /e'ris/ n.
The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord,
Confusion, and Things You Know Not Of; her name was... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - sync /sink/ n., vi.
(var. `synch') 1. To synchronize,
to bring into synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To force... - RE /R-E/ n.
Common spoken and written shorthand for regexp... - KIPS /kips/ n.
[abbreviation, by analogy with MIPS
using K] Thousands (not 1024s) of Instructions Per
Second.
Usage: rare...
