n. The interface between two networks that cannot be directly connected for security reasons; refers to the practice of placing two terminals side by side and having an operator read from one and type into the other.
vt. To communicate with another Internet host using the TELNET program. TOPS-10 people used the word IMPCOM, since that was the program name for them. Sometimes abbreviated to TN /T-N/.
"I usually TN over to SAIL just to read the AP News."
n.,vt. [Purdue] A carbon copy of an electronic transmission.
"Oh, you're sending him the bits to that? Slap on a tee for me."
From the UNIX command 'tee(1)', itself named after a pipe fitting (see plumbing). Can also mean 'save one for me', as in "Tee a slice for me!" Also spelled 'T'.
n. The original IBM PC Technical Reference Manual, including the BIOS listing and complete schematics for the PC. The only PC documentation in the issue package that's considered serious by real hackers.
n. A cup of tea with milk and one teaspoon of sugar, where the milk is poured into the cup before the tea. Variations are ISO 0, with no sugar; ISO 2, with two spoons of sugar; and so on.
