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• ick n. [IRC; very common] Short for nickname. On IRC, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful.
  Compare handle, screen name....
• jupiter: [IRC] vt. To kill an {IRC} {robot} or user and then take its place by adopting its {nick} so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• initgame: /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An {IRC} version of the venerable trivia game "20 questio
  in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....
• obot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually a program.
  On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• 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, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• handle: n. 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym
  a `nom de guerre' intended to conceal the user's true identity....
• jupiter vt. [IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• ken: /ken/ n. 1. [UNIX] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of UNIX.
  In the early days he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read "Love, ken"....
• handle n. 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym
  a `nom de guerre' intended to conceal the user's true identity....