:tron: [NRL, CMU; prob. fr. the movie "Tron"] v. To become
inaccessible except via email or `talk(1)', especially when
one is normally available via telephone or in person. Frequently
used in the past tense, as in: "Ran seems to have tronned on us
this week" or "Gee, Ran, glad you were able to un-tron
yourself". One may also speak of `tron mode'; compare
{spod}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
inaccessible except via email or `talk(1)', especially when
one is normally available via telephone or in person. Frequently
used in the past tense, as in: "Ran seems to have tronned on us
this week" or "Gee, Ran, glad you were able to un-tron
yourself". One may also speak of `tron mode'; compare
{spod}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- tron v.
[NRL, CMU; prob. fr. the movie "Tron"] To
become inaccessible except via email or talk(1),
especially when one is normally available via telephone... - de-rezz: /dee-rez'/ [from `de-resolve' via the movie
"Tron"] (also `derez') 1.
vi. To disappear or dissolve; the image that goes... - de-rezz /dee-rez'/
[from `de-resolve' via the movie
"Tron"] (also `derez') 1.
vi. To disappear or dissolve; the image that goes... - 0029 Have you seen "Tron"?
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from THE HACKER... - Foonly n.
1. The PDP-10 successor that was to have
been built by the Super Foonly project at the Stanford Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory along with a new operating system.
(The name itself came from FOO NLI, an error message... - ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110]
Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream... - bang: 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001),
especially when used in pronouncing a {bang path} in... - Um, it's like, uh ... did anyone see the movie `Tron'?
Homer Simpson Treehouse of Horror... - wank: /wangk/ [Columbia University: prob. by mutation from
Commonwealth slang v.
`wank', to masturbate] n.,v. Used much as {hack}...
