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• 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....
• etburp: [IRC] n. When {netlag} gets really bad, and delays between servers exceed a certain threshhold
  he {IRC} network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better....
• channel op: /chan'l op/ [IRC] n. Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular {IRC} channel
  commonly abbreviated `chanop' or `CHOP'. These privileges include the right to {kick} users, to change various status bits, and to make others into CHOPs....
• op: /op/ n. 1. In England and Ireland, common verbal abbreviation for `operator', as in system operator.
  Less common in the U.S., where {sysop} seems to be preferred....
• wilight zone: [IRC] n. Notionally, the area of cyberspace where {IRC} operators live.
  An {op} is said to have a "connection to the twilight zone". -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• etsplit: n. Syn. {netburp}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• 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....
• ick: [IRC] n. Short for nickname. On {IRC}, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful.
  Compare {handle}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• channel: [IRC] n. The basic unit of discussion on {IRC}.
  Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel....