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• Usenet /yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ n. [from `Users' Network'
  he original spelling was USENET, but the mixed-case form is now widely preferred] A distributed bboard (bulletin board) system supported mainly by Unix machines....
• voice-net: n. Hackish way of referring to the telephone system, analogizing it to a digital network.
  USENET {sig block}s not uncommonly include the sender's phone next to a "Voice...
• 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....
• FidoNet: n. A worldwide hobbyist network of personal computers which exchanges mail, discussion groups, and files.
  Founded in 1984 and originally consisting only of IBM PCs and compatibles, FidoNet now includes such diverse machines as Apple ][s, Ataris, Amigas, and UNIX systems....
• bboard: /bee'bord/ [contraction of `bulletin board'] n.
  1. Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of {BBS} systems running on personal micros, less frequently of a USENET {newsgroup} (in fact, use of this term for a newsgroup generally marks one either as a {newbie} fresh in from the BBS world or as a real old-timer predating USENET)....
• FidoNet n. A worldwide hobbyist network of personal computers which exchanges mail, discussion groups, and files.
  Founded in 1984 and originally consisting only of IBM PCs and compatibles, FidoNet now includes such diverse machines as Apple ][s, Ataris, Amigas, and Unix systems....
• ethack: /net'hak/ [UNIX] n. A dungeon game similar to {rogue} but more elaborate
  distributed in C source over {USENET} and very popular at UNIX sites and on PC-class machines (nethack is probably the most widely distributed of the freeware dungeon games)....
• Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!: [USENET] prov.
  Since {USENET} first got off the ground in 1980--81, it has grown exponentially, approximately doubling in size every year....
• Sun n. Sun Microsystems. Hackers remember that the name was originally an acronym, Stanford University Network.
  Sun started out around 1980 with some hardware hackers (mainly) from Stanford talking to some software hackers (mainly) from UC Berkeley...