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adj. [Usenet] Said of a person whose account on a computer has been removed, esp. for cause rather than through normal attrition. He got disusered when they found out he'd been cracking through the school's Internet access. The verbal form disuser is live but less common. Both usages probably derive from the DISUSER account status flag on VMS; setting it disables the account. Compare star out.
++ A web standards proposal made in 2009 which has the browser indicate to a web server that the user does not wish to be tracked around the internet for advertising or other nefarious purposes. It was initially implemented by the Firefox browser, but was entirely ineffective. Any privacy measure which depends upon the server respecting the expressed preferences of the user - especially if that results in loss of advertising revenue - will be abused. +
vi. [from network protocol programming] To perform an interaction with somebody or something that follows a clearly defined procedure. For example, Let's do protocol with the check at a restaurant means to ask for the check, calculate the tip and everybody's share, collect money from everybody, generate change as necessary, and pay the bill. See protocol. diff --git a/docs/jargon.org b/docs/jargon.org index 5f9b342..c535114 100644 --- a/docs/jargon.org +++ b/docs/jargon.org @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Free Documentation License". * Generated -This file last generated Tuesday, 15 January 2019 10:20AM UTC +This file last generated Tuesday, 15 January 2019 10:39AM UTC * Glossary ** ( @@ -3615,6 +3615,9 @@ n. Synonym for distribution , sense 1. *** disusered adj. [Usenet] Said of a person whose account on a computer has been removed, esp. for cause rather than through normal attrition. He got disusered when they found out he'd been cracking through the school's Internet access. The verbal form disuser is live but less common. Both usages probably derive from the DISUSER account status flag on VMS; setting it disables the account. Compare star out. +*** do not track +A web standards proposal made in 2009 which has the browser indicate to a web server that the user does not wish to be tracked around the internet for advertising or other nefarious purposes. It was initially implemented by the Firefox browser, but was entirely ineffective. Any privacy measure which depends upon the server respecting the expressed preferences of the user - especially if that results in loss of advertising revenue - will be abused. + *** do protocol vi. [from network protocol programming] To perform an interaction with somebody or something that follows a clearly defined procedure. For example, Let's do protocol with the check at a restaurant means to ask for the check, calculate the tip and everybody's share, collect money from everybody, generate change as necessary, and pay the bill. See protocol. diff --git a/entries/do_not_track.txt b/entries/do_not_track.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd579ef --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/do_not_track.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +do not track + +A web standards proposal made in 2009 which has the browser indicate to a +web server that the user does not wish to be tracked around the internet +for advertising or other nefarious purposes. It was initially implemented +by the Firefox browser, but was entirely ineffective. Any privacy measure +which depends upon the server respecting the expressed preferences of the +user - especially if that results in loss of advertising revenue - will be +abused. \ No newline at end of file