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• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• MUD /muhd/ n. [acronym, Multi-User Dungeon; alt.
  Multi-User Dimension] 1. A class of virtual reality experiments accessible via the Internet....
• IRC /I-R-C/ n. [Internet Relay Chat] A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• IRC: /I-R-C/ [Internet Relay Chat] n. A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....
• bot n [common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from `robot'] 1.
  An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• obot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually a program.
  On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• mudhead n. Commonly used to refer to a MUD player who eats, sleeps, and breathes MUD.
  Mudheads have been known to fail their degrees, drop out, etc....
• frob /frob/ 1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnio
  by metaphoric extension, a `frob' is any random small thing...
• ACK /ak/ interj. 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!...