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TechRef /tek'ref/ n. [MS-DOS] The original "IBM PC Technical Reference Manual", including the BIOS listing and complete schematics for the PC.
The only PC documentation in the original-i...
TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs. 1. [originally an acronym for `[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector'
later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n....
ee n.,vt. [Purdue] A carbon copy of an electronic transmission.
Oh, you're sending him the bits to that? Slap on a tee for me....
eergrube /teer'groob/ n. [German for `tar pit'] A trap set to punish spammers who use an address harveste
a mail server deliberately set up to be really, really slow. To activate i...
eledildonics /tel`*-dil-do'-niks/ n. Sex in a computer simulated virtual reality, esp.
computer-mediated sexual interaction between the VR presences of two humans....
Telerat /tel'*-rat/ n. obs. Unflattering hackerism for `Teleray', a now-extinct line of extremely losing terminals.
Compare AIDX, Macintrash N ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX...
TELNET /tel'net/ vt. (also commonly lowercased as `telnet') To communicate with another Internet host using the TELNET (RFC 854) protocol (usually using a program of the same name).
TOPS...
en-finger interface n. The interface between two networks that cannot be directly connected for security reaso
efers to the practice of placing two terminals side by side and having an ...
ense adj. Of programs, very clever and efficient.
A tense piece of code often got that way because it was highly bummed, but sometimes it was just based on a great idea....
entacle n. A covert pseudo, sense 1. An artificial identity created in cyberspace for nefarious and deceptive purposes.
The implication is that a single person may have multiple tentacl...

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