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`Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)
`____._._____?_____________________
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`quote text by preceding it with a > or other
`character).
`
`e-journal An efecrmriic jammy’, an academic
`journal that circulates via an e-mail mailing
`list. Qne advantage e-journals have over
`print journals is that they are searchable.
`
`ELAP (cc-lap) See EtherTall< Link Access
`Protocol.
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`electronic bulletin board
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`Sec BBS.
`
`Electronic Frontier Foundation
`A lobbying and advocacy organization,
`founded by Mitch Kapor and lohn Barlow,
`working for the preservation of freedom on
`the cyberspace frontier.
`
`electronic journal Also called an
`c-,foiirmn’, an academic journal that circulates
`via an e—mail mailing list. One advantage
`e-journals have over print journals is that
`they are searchable.
`
`electronic mail Usually called e-mail,
`messages carried electronically from com-
`puter to computer.
`
`Electronics Industries Association
`(EIA) A standards organization for the
`electronics industry, the coauthor of
`BIA/TIA-568.
`
`elm (rhymes with helm) A full—screen
`UNIX e—mail program, easier to use than
`the basic, line-at-a~time mail but still more
`difficult than pine, which is much closer to
`modern word processors.
`
`.elmrc A setup file for elm.
`
`emacs (cc-macs) Also written E./I/IACS,
`a UNIX text editor that doubles as an
`
`operating environment, maii program,
`and newsreader.
`
`(n) Also email, short for electronic
`e-mail
`mail, one of the most popular features of
`networks, online services, and the Internet
`in general, but you already knew that,
`didn't you? The term e~maiI is used both for
`the overall process and for the messages
`carried electronically from computer to
`computer.
`
`(v) To send e—mail.
`
`e-mail address 1. An Internet mail
`address of the form usermime@Iaost.dom.czirr;
`2. The username portion of a mail account
`on a network.
`
`e me Send me e—mail, please reply by
`e-mail.
`
`emoticon A smiley or other sideways
`punctuation face such as these:
`
`:-)
`
`:A(
`
`:~P %")
`
`;—)
`
`B—)
`
`:D
`
`Emoticons can convey some insight into the
`writer’s emotional state.
`
`emulation For a computer, operating sys-
`tem, or application, the process of imitating
`the functions of another environment.
`
`See also terminal emulation.
`
`encapsulate To embed a higher-level
`protocol within a lower-level protocol to
`create a single frame for transportation over
`a network (see illustration, next page).
`
`See also protocol layer, tunneling.
`
`Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)
`A'device—independent file format for
`Postscript files. BPS files are portable and
`can be printed with any PostScript printer.
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`hyperlink
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`HotWired The online sibling of Wired
`magazine, a Web site, a publication, and
`an online service, at http://wwwhotwired.
`corn/.
`
`[service provider]
`Houston Civnet
`paul@sugar.neosoft.corn, (718) 869-0521.
`
`I-IPPI
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`Sec High Performance Parallel Interface.
`
`HP-SUX A derogatory term for HP—UX.
`
`I-II’-UX l-lewlettAPacl<ard’s version of
`UNIX.
`
`.hqx A file extension that indicates the
`file has been compressed with the
`Macintosh Bir1Hex compression.
`
`HTML Hyfaerrexr markup language, the
`hypertext language used in Web pages.
`It consists of regular text and tags that tell
`the browser what to do when a link is
`
`activated. It is a subset of SGML, a pre-
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`existing markup language.
`
`HTTP Hypertext Irairrspnrr protocol, the
`Internet protocol that defines how a Web
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`server responds to requests for files, made
`via anchors and URLs.
`
`l hub In networks arranged with star topol-
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`ogy, the central connecting device, a device
`that allows a network to add workstations
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`by extending the transmission signal (see
`illustration below).
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`humma A nonsense word used to fill
`dead air on IRC.
`
`hung (adj) Said of a computer, unrespon-
`sive, frozen, and possibly stuck in an inEi—
`nite loop.
`
`[service
`Huron Valley Free-Net
`provider] michael.todd.glazier@umicl'1.edu,
`(313) 662-8374.
`See also free-net.
`
`HyperCarcl The Macintosh hypermedia
`program that features cards that may con‘
`tain text, pictures, sounds, movies, and so
`on, with clickable links to other cards.
`
`hyperlink A hypertext link or a hyper-
`media link.
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`2-I-<><£-:1:-nm:ao-nozz-=-«Ha-nmuauh
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`I signal-to-noise ratio 1. Literally, an
`electrical engineering measurement of the
`quality of a communication medium;
`2. On the Internet, colloquially used as a
`nietaphor for the proportion of useful infor-
`mation to lunk on a list or in a newsgroup.
`
`I Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
`(SMTP) The TCP/IP protocol that speci-
`fies how computers exchange electronic
`mail. It works with Post Office Protocol,
`and is one of the reasons that Internet
`e-mail functions so well.
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`signature
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`Six: sig block.
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`signature
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`Sec Sig block.
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`signature block
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`Set’ sig block.
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`signature file
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`Sec Sig block.
`
`sig quote A quotation contained in a sig
`block, not unlike a yearbook quotation and
`
`Simple Network Management
`Protocol (SNMP) A TCP/IP protocol
`that specifies how nodes are managed on a
`network, using agents to monitor network
`traffic and maintain a management infor-
`mation base.
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`Simple Wide Area Information
`Server (SWAIS) A WAIS interface for
`VT100 terminals that shows sources in
`numbered lists.
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`simplex Transmission of a signal in one
`direction at a time.
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`frequently about as interesting.
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`See also duplex, full duplex, half duplex.
`
`sig virus A meme in sig blocks that
`became very popular around late 1991 to
`carly 1992, usually some variation on “Hi!
`I'm a sig virus. Copy me into your signature
`file and join the fun."
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`silicon The mineral that computer chips
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`(and sand) are made from.
`
`Silicon Valley Public Access Link
`{service provider] msiegel@svpal.org,
`(415) 968-2598.
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`silly group A newsgroup created simply
`for the sake of amusernent, either because
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`the name itself is silly or because the topic
`to be discussed in it is silly, many of which
`can be found in the alt.silly-group?‘ hierar-
`chy. Some silly groups have a gag.gag.gag
`ending. for instance, aIt.tv.dinosaurs.barney.
`die.c.lic.die.
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`.sit The file extension of a Macintosh
`Stufflt file.
`
`site An Internet host that allows some
`kind of remote access, such as FTP, telnet,
`
`gopher, and so on.
`
`site name Also sircminze, the portion of
`an Internet address that precedes the (sub-
`domain, if any, and the) domain. In the
`address mang@garnet.hlob.com, game: is
`the site name.
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`64K line A 64 kps telephone circuit, also
`called a DSO line. A 64K line is called a
`clear channel when its entire 64 kps band-
`width is available for transmission.
`
`slack (n) 1. Unused storage space on a
`disk; 2. According to the teachings of the
`Church of the SubGenius, the prerequisite
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`arbitrary command abbreviations, rigorous
`syntax, case-sensitivity, lack of an undelete
`feature, and so on. Fortunately, alternative
`routes to the Internet that require no knowl-
`edge of UNIX (or very little) are sprouting
`up every day.
`
`UNIX box A computer running the UNIX
`operating system.
`
`unixzdos A program that converts UNIX
`text files to DOS format, by changing the
`line breaks.
`
`See also dos2unix.
`
`UNIX to UNIX Copy Program
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`See UUCI’.
`
`. A prograrnrner who
`UNIX weenie ‘I
`has to use UNIX but would prefer not to;
`2. Someoiie who admits to liking UNIX.
`
`UNIX wizard A helpful UNIX expert,
`such as those who answer questions in the
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`comp.uniX.wiz:itds newsgroup.
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`uniform resource locator (URL)
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`I uniform resource Iocator (URL) A
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`Web address. It consists of a protocol, a
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`host name, a port (optional), a directory
`(optional), and a file name (optional). In
`the URI. http://enterzone.berl<eley.edu/
`eriterzonehtml, the protocol is HTTP, the
`host name is enter2one.berl<eley.edu, and
`the file name is enterzonehtml. URLs can
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`be used to address other Internet resources
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`besides Web pages, such as FTP sites,
`gopher servers, telnet addresses, and so on.
`
`I Universal Asynchronous Receiver]
`Transmitter (UART) A device that com-
`bines the transmitting and receiving func-
`tions of asynchronous communications
`over a serial line.
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`I Universal Time Coordinate (UTC)
`Greenwich mean time, used to synchronize
`
`computers on the Internet.
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`I University of Alaska Southeast,
`Tundra Services [service provider]
`}NlM_B@acad1.alasl<a.edu, (907) 465-6453.
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`I University of Maryland Info
`Database A huge information resource
`intended to demonstrate the breadth of
`
`potential information on the Net. Telnet to
`info.urnd.edu and log in as rirfb.
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`I UNIX (you-mbc) An 32-bit, multiuser, multi-
`tasking operating system common to work-
`stations and dominant (but getting gradually
`less so) on the Internet. It was originally
`developed at Bell Labs in 1969 by Ken
`Thompson, and is now owned by N ovell,
`although it has spawned many ports and
`clones.
`
`Dealing with UNIX is a frustrating barrier
`to most Internet newbies, what with its
`
`UNIX wizard
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