Jargon File

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erd knob n.
et.- /net dot/ pref. [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet.
et.god /net god/ n. Accolade referring to anyone who satisfies some combination of the following conditio
has been visible on Usenet for more than 5 years, ran one of the original back...
et.personality /net per`sn-al'-*-tee/ n.
et.police /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.
NetBOLLIX n. [from bollix
etburp n.
etdead n. [IRC] The state of someone who signs off IRC, perhaps during a netburp, and doesn't sign back on until later.
In the interim, he is "dead to the net". Compare link-dead....
ethack /net'hak/ n.
etiquette /net'ee-ket/ or /net'i-ket/ n.

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