Related:

• well-connected adj. Said of a computer installation, asserts that it has reliable email links with the network and/or that it relays a large fraction of available Usenet newsgroups.
  `Well-known' can be almost synonymous, but also implies that the site's name is familiar to many (due perhaps to an archive service or active Usenet users)....
• ICBM address: n. (Also `missile address') The form used to register a site with the USENET mapping project includes a blank for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy.
  This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of USENET links on a plotte...
• cuspy: /kuhs'pee/ [WPI: from the {DEC} abbreviation CUSP, for `Commonly Used System Program', i.
  e., a utility program used by many people] adj. 1....
• ib site: [by analogy with {backbone site}] n. A machine that has an on-demand high-speed link to a {backbone site} and serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in email and USENET news.
  Compare {leaf site}, {backbone site}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• pseudo: /soo'doh/ [USENET: truncation of `pseudonym'] n.
  1. An electronic-mail or {USENET} persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net....
• pam vt.,vi.,n. [from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"] 1.
  To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data....
• backbone site: n. A key USENET and email site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic
  especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the USENET maps....
• 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....
• pseudo /soo'doh/ n. [Usenet: truncation of `pseudonym'] 1.
  An electronic-mail or Usenet persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net....