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• lurker n. One of the `silent majority' in a electronic forum
  one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's postings regularly....
• ewsgroup: [USENET] n. One of {USENET}'s huge collection of topic groups or {fora}.
  Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or `moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results)....
• pseudo: /soo'doh/ [USENET: truncation of `pseudonym'] n.
  1. An electronic-mail or {USENET} persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net....
• ewsgroup n. [Usenet] One of Usenet's huge collection of topic groups or fora.
  Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or `moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results)....
• flamage: /flay'm*j/ n. Flaming verbiage, esp. high-noise, low-signal postings to {USENET} or other electronic {fora}.
  Often in the phrase `the usual flamage'. `Flaming' is the act itself...
• pseudo /soo'doh/ n. [Usenet: truncation of `pseudonym'] 1.
  An electronic-mail or Usenet persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net....
• ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
  . Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the presence and alertness of another....
• glork: /glork/ 1. interj. Term of mild surprise, usually tinged with outrage, as when one attempts to save the results of two hours of editing and finds that the system has just crashed.
  2. Used as a name for just about anything. See {foo}....
• fried: adj. 1. Non-working due to hardware failure
  burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a `power glitch' (see {glitch}), {drop-outs}, a short, or some other electrical event....