:File Request: [FidoNet] 1. n. The {FidoNet} equivalent of
{FTP}, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and
{snarf}s one or more files. Often abbreviated `FReq'; files
are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way
that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous
FTP" on the Internet. 2. vt. The act of getting a copy of a file
by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{FTP}, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and
{snarf}s one or more files. Often abbreviated `FReq'; files
are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way
that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous
FTP" on the Internet. 2. vt. The act of getting a copy of a file
by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- File Request [FidoNet]
1. n. The FidoNet equivalent of
FTP, in which one FidoNet system automatically dials another and
snarfs one or more files.
Often abbreviated `FReq'; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet.... - File Attach: [FidoNet] 1. n. A file sent along with a mail message
from one BBS to another.
2. vt. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a BBS mailer.... - File Attach [FidoNet]
1. n. A file sent along with a mail
message from one FidoNet to another.
2. vt. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a FidoNet mailer.... - Common BBS talk: FREQ; File Request - available to sysop
- FTP: /F-T-P/, *not* /fit'ip/ 1. [techspeak] n. The File
Transfer Protocol for transmitting files between systems on the
Internet.
2. vt. To {beam} a file using the File Transfer Protocol.... - FTP /F-T-P/, not /fit'ip/
1. [techspeak] n. The
File Transfer Protocol for transmitting files between systems on
the Internet.
2. vt. To beam a file using the File Transfer Protocol.... - ape: vt. 1. To {screw} someone or something, violently
in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably.... - 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}), an important inter-machine metric is the number of hops in the shortest path between them, which can be more significant than their geographical separation.... - ape vt.
1. To screw someone or something, violently
in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably....
