:NeWS: /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ [acronym; the
`Network Window System'] n. The road not taken in window systems,
an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost certainly
have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been
{proprietary} to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that
too many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist
on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing
NeWS from {news} (the {netnews} software).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
`Network Window System'] n. The road not taken in window systems,
an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost certainly
have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been
{proprietary} to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that
too many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist
on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing
NeWS from {news} (the {netnews} software).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ n.
[acronym;
the `Network Window System'] The road not taken in... - netnews: /net'n[y]ooz/ n. 1. The software that makes {USENET}
run.
2. The content of USENET. "I read netnews right after... - Sun n.
Sun Microsystems. Hackers remember that the name
was originally an acronym,
Stanford University Network. Sun started out around... - BiCapitalization: n. The act said to have been performed on
trademarks (such as {PostScript},
NeXT, {NeWS}, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!solver, EasyWriter)... - EMACS /ee'maks/ n.
[from Editing MACroS] The ne plus
ultra of hacker editors,
a programmable text editor with an entire LISP system... - dup killer: /d[y]oop kill'r/ [FidoNet] n. Software that is
supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may
have reached the FidoNet system via different routes.
The AI Hackers... - BiCapitalization n.
The act said to have been performed on
trademarks (such as PostScript,
NeXT, NeWS, VisiCalc, FrameMaker, TK!solver, EasyWriter)... - blast: 1. vt.,n. Synonym for {BLT}, used esp. for large data
sends over a network or comm line.
Opposite of {snarf}. Usage: uncommon. The variant... - netnews /net'n[y]ooz/ n.
1. The software that makes
Usenet run.
2. The content of Usenet. "I read netnews right...
