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• light pipe n. Fiber optic cable. Oppose copper.
• copper: n. Conventional electron-carrying network cable with a core conductor of copper -- or aluminum!
  Opposed to {light pipe} or, say, a short-range microwave link. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• copper n. Conventional electron-carrying network cable with a core conductor of copper -- or aluminum!
  Opposed to light pipe or, say, a short-range m...
• payware: /pay'weir/ n. Commercial software. Oppose {shareware} or {freeware}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• And then there was Pac-Bell's resident expert on fiber-optic communications.
  Sort of a specialist in light conversation....
• RL: // [MUD community] n. Real Life. "Firiss laughs in RL" means that Firiss's player is laughing.
  Oppose {VR}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ound tape: n. Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels.
  See {macrotape}, oppose {square tape}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• at belt: n. A cable tie, esp. the sawtoothed, self-locking plastic kind that you can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a random twist of wire or a twist tie or one of those humongous metal clip frobs).
  Small cable ties are `mouse belts'. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• etsplit: n. Syn. {netburp}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary