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• bot n [common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from `robot'] 1.
  An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• jupiter: [IRC] vt. To kill an {IRC} {robot} or user and then take its place by adopting its {nick} so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• 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....
• jupiter vt. [IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• etlag: [IRC, MUD] n. A condition that occurs when the delays in the {IRC} network or on a {MUD} become severe enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contac
  causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up to a minute....
• 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...
• etlag n. [IRC, MUD] A condition that occurs when the delays in the IRC network or on a MUD become severe enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contac
  causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up to a minute....
• initgame: /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An {IRC} version of the venerable trivia game "20 questio
  in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....