:Matrix: [FidoNet] n. 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call
{FidoNet}. 2. Fanciful term for a {cyberspace} expected to
emerge from current networking experiments (see {network, the}).
3. The totality of present-day computer networks.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{FidoNet}. 2. Fanciful term for a {cyberspace} expected to
emerge from current networking experiments (see {network, the}).
3. The totality of present-day computer networks.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- Matrix n.
[FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and
sysops call FidoNet.
2. Fanciful term for a cyberspace expected to emerge... - File Attach: [FidoNet] 1. n. A file sent along with a mail message
from one BBS to another.
2. vt. Sending someone a file by using the File... - hop: 1. n. One file transmission in a series required to get a
file from point A to point B on a store-and-forward network.
On such networks (including {UUCPNET} and {FidoNet})... - cyberspace /si:'br-spays`/ n.
1. Notional
`information-space' loaded with visual cues and navigable with
brain-computer interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of cyberpunk SF. Serious... - File Request: [FidoNet] 1. n. The {FidoNet} equivalent of
{FTP},
in which one BBS system automatically dials another... - cyberspace: /si:'ber-spays/ n. 1. Notional `information-space'
loaded with visual cues and navigable with brain-computer
interfaces called `cyberspace decks';
a characteristic prop of {cyberpunk} SF. At the... - sysop: /sis'op/ n. [esp. in the BBS world] The operator (and
usually the owner) of a bulletin-board system.
A common neophyte mistake on {FidoNet} is to address... - echo: [FidoNet] n. A {topic group} on {FidoNet}'s echomail
system.
Compare {newsgroup}. -- The AI Hackers... - email: /ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail') 1. n. Electronic mail
automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems
over common-carrier lines.
Contrast {snail-mail}, {paper-net}, {voice-net}...
From the same category:
- I am Bilbo of Borg.
The assimilation goes ever on..... - alt: /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or {clone}
keyboard;
see {bucky bits}, sense 2 (though typical PC usage... - Before Xerox,
five carbons were the maximum extension of anybody's... - Recovering
blonde... - KEYBOARD
Object which takes the brunt of your frustration with a computer.
This is, oddly, even the case when the physical computer...
