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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sig block</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="SIG.html" title="SIG"/><link rel="next" href="sig-quote.html" title="sig quote"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sig block</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SIG.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sig-quote.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sig-block"/><dt xmlns="" id="sig-block"><b>sig block</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/sig blok/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Internet and Usenet; often written ‘.sig’ there] Short
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for ‘signature’, used specifically to refer to the electronic
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signature block that most Unix mail- and news-posting software will
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<a href="../A/automagically.html"><i class="glossterm">automagically</i></a> append to outgoing mail and news. The
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composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo,
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one's choice of witty sayings (see <a href="sig-quote.html"><i class="glossterm">sig quote</i></a>,
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<a href="../F/fool-file.html"><i class="glossterm">fool file</i></a>), or even source code for small programs
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about which the author wishes to make a statement; but many consider large
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sigs a waste of <a href="../B/bandwidth.html"><i class="glossterm">bandwidth</i></a>, and it has been observed
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that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's
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longevity and level of prestige on the net. See also
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<a href="../D/doubled-sig.html"><i class="glossterm">doubled sig</i></a>, <a href="../M/McQuary-limit.html"><i class="glossterm">McQuary limit</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SIG.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sig-quote.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">SIG </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> sig quote</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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