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• voice vt. To phone someone, as opposed to emailing them or connecting in talk mode.
  I'm busy now; I'll voice you later....
• busy-wait: vi. Used of human behavior, conveys that the subject is busy waiting for someone or something
  intends to move instantly as soon as it shows up, and thus cannot do anything else at the moment....
• ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
• 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...
• I'm busy now. Do you mind if I ignore you later?
• voice-net: n. Hackish way of referring to the telephone system, analogizing it to a digital network.
  USENET {sig block}s not uncommonly include the sender's phone next to a "Voice...
• zap: 1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy. 3.
  vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food spicy....
• I 'll speak in a monstrous little voice. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Act i, Sc.
  2...
• alker system: n. British hackerism for software that enables real-time chat or {talk mode}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...