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File Attach [FidoNet] 1. N. A File Sent Along With A Mail Message From One FidoNet To Another.
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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.
Related:
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 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 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....
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), 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....
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....
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....
by hand adv. [common] 1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive
ivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through....
by hand: adv. 1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive
trivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through....