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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>OT</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="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="OSS.html" title="OSS"/><link rel="next" href="OTOH.html" title="OTOH"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">OT</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="OSS.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="OTOH.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="OT"/><dt xmlns="" id="OT"><b>OT</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet: common] Abbreviation for &#8220;<span class="quote">off-topic</span>&#8221;. This is
used to respond to a question that is inappropriate for the newsgroup that
the questioner posted to. Often used in an HTML-style modifier or with
adverbs. See also <a href="../T/TAN.html"><i class="glossterm">TAN</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="OSS.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="OTOH.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">OSS<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>OTOH</td></tr></table></div></body></html>