Jupiter Vt. [IRC] To Kill An IRC Bot Or User And Then Take Its Place By Adopting Its Nick So That It Cannot Reconnect.

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jupiter vt.

[IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user
and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot
reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user who did this to
NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from
inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. Now commonly
shortened to `jupe'.

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