:UUCPNET: n. The store-and-forward network consisting of all the
world's connected UNIX machines (and others running some clone of
the UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy) software). Any machine reachable only
via a {bang path} is on UUCPNET. See {network address}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
world's connected UNIX machines (and others running some clone of
the UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy) software). Any machine reachable only
via a {bang path} is on UUCPNET. See {network address}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- UUCPNET n. obs.
The store-and-forward network consisting of all
the world's connected Unix machines (and others running some clone
of the UUCP (Unix-to-Unix CoPy) software).
Any machine reachable only via a bang path is on... - 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})... - hop
1. n. [common] 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)... - bang path: n. An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address specifying
hops to get from some assumed-reachable location to the addressee,
so called because each {hop} is signified by a {bang}... - network, the: n. 1. The union of all the major noncommercial,
academic, and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet... - plingnet: /pling'net/ n. Syn. {UUCPNET}. Also see
{{Commonwealth Hackish}},
which uses `pling' for {bang} (as in {bang path})... - FidoNet: n. A worldwide hobbyist network of personal computers
which exchanges mail,
discussion groups, and files. Founded in 1984 and... - Nightmare File System: n. Pejorative hackerism for Sun's Network
File System (NFS).
In any nontrivial network of Suns where there is... - bang path n.
[now historical] An old-style UUCP
electronic-mail address specifying hops to get from some
assumed-reachable location to the addressee,
so called because each hop is signified by a bang...
