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• alker system n. British hackerism for software that enables real-time chat or talk mode.
• hakspek: /hak'speek/ n. A shorthand method of spelling found on many British academic bulletin boards and {talker system}s.
  Syllables and whole words in a sentence are replaced by single ASCII characters the names of which are phonetically similar or equivalent, while multiple letters are usually dropped....
• forum: n. [USENET, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {network, the}).
  A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues....
• Missed'em-five: n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V UNIX, generally used by {BSD} partisans in a bigoted mood.
  (The synonym `SysVile' is also encountered.) See {software bloat}, {Berzerkeley}....
• IRC: /I-R-C/ [Internet Relay Chat] n. A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• comm mode: /kom mohd/ [ITS: from the feature supporting on-line cha
  he term may spelled with one or two m's] Syn. for {talk mode}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• earch-and-destroy mode: n. Hackerism for a noninteractive search-and-replace facility in an editor, so called because an incautiously chosen match pattern can cause {infinite} damage.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• un-stools: n. Unflattering hackerism for SunTools, a pre-X windowing environment notorious in its day for size, slowness, and misfeatures.
  {X}, however, is larger and slower; see {second-system effect}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• forum n. [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS
  a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see postings for all to read and discussion ensues....