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etlag n.
etnews /net'n[y]ooz/ n. 1. The software that makes Usenet run.
2. The content of Usenet. "I read netnews right after my mail most mornings....
etrock /net'rok/ n. [IBM] A flame; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
Netscrape n. [sometimes elaborated to `Netscrape Fornicator', also `Nutscrape'] Standard name-of-insult for Netscape Navigator/Communicator, Netscape's overweight Web browser.
Compare I...
etsplit n. Syn. netburp.
etter n. 1. Loosely, anyone with a network address.
2. More specifically, a Usenet regular. Most often found in the plural....
etwork address n. (also `net address') As used by hackers, means an address on `the' network (see the network
his used to include Internet address). Net addresses are often used in email...
etwork meltdown n. A state of complete network overload
the network equivalent of thrashing. This may be induced by a Chernobyl packet....
New Jersey adj. [primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor design.
New Testament n. [C programmers] The second edition of K&
R's "The C Programming Language" (Prentice-Hall, 1988...

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