Locals, The: Pl.n. The Users On One's Local Network (as Opposed, Say, To People One Reaches Via Public Internet Or UUCP Connects).

Locals, The: Pl.n. The Users On One's Local Network (as Opposed, Say, To People One Reaches Via Public Internet Or UUCP Connects).

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:locals, the: pl.n. The users on one's local network (as opposed, say,
to people one reaches via public Internet or UUCP connects). The
marked thing about this usage is how little it has to do with
real-space distance. "I have to do some tweaking on this mail
utility before releasing it to the locals."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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locals, the pl.n. The users on one's local network (as opposed, say, to people one reaches via public Internet or UUCP connects).
The marked thing about this usage is how little it has to do with real-space distance....
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....
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....
bang path: n. An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address specifying hops to get from some assumed-reachable location to the addressee, so called because each {hop} is signified by a {bang} sign.
Thus, for example, the path ...!bigsite!foovax!...
eal user: n. 1. A commercial user. One who is paying *real* money for his computer usage.
2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose (a research project, a course, etc....
itename: /si:t'naym/ [UNIX/Internet] n. The unique electronic name of a computer system, used to identify it in UUCP mail, USENET, or other forms of electronic information interchange.
The folklore interest of sitenames stems from the creativity and humor they often display....
UUCPNET: n. The store-and-forward network consisting of all the world's connected UNIX machines (and others running some clone of the UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy) software).
Any machine reachable only via a {bang path} is on UUCPNET....
hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1.
A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary....
forum: n. [USENET, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {network, the}).
A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues....