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talk mode
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n. A feature supported by Unix and some other OSes that allows two or more
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logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation. It combines the
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immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written
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language entails. It is difficult to communicate inflection, though
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conventions have arisen for some of these (see the section on writing style
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in the Prependices for details). Talk mode has a special set of jargon
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words, used to save typing, which are not used orally. Some of these are
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identical to (and probably derived from) Morse-code jargon used by ham-radio
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amateurs since the 1920s. AFAIAC as far as I am concerned AFAIK as far as I
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know BCNU be seeing you BTW by the way BYE? are you ready to unlink? (this
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is the standard way to end a talk-mode conversation; the other person types
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BYE to confirm, or else continues the conversation) CUL see you later ENQ?
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are you busy? (expects ACK or NAK in return) FOO? are you there? (often used
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on unexpected links, meaning also Sorry if I butted in ellipsis; (linker) or
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What's up? (linkee)) FWIW for what it's worth FYI for your information FYA
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for your amusement GA go ahead (used when two people have tried to type
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simultaneously; this cedes the right to type to the other) GRMBL grumble
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(expresses disquiet or disagreement) HELLOP hello? (an instance of the -P
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convention) IIRC if I recall correctly JAM just a minute (equivalent to
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SEC.... ) MIN same as JAM NIL no (see NIL ) NP no problem O over to you OO
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over and out / another form of over to you (from x/y as x over y ) \ lambda
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(used in discussing LISPy things) OBTW oh, by the way OTOH on the other hand
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R U THERE? are you there? SEC wait a second (sometimes written SEC... ) SYN
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Are you busy? (expects ACK, SYN|ACK, or RST in return; this is modeled on
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the TCP/IP handshake sequence) T yes (see the main entry for T ) TNX thanks
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TNX 1.0E6 thanks a million (humorous) TNXE6 another form of thanks a million
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TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge WRT with regard to, or with respect to.
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WTF the universal interrogative particle; WTF knows what it means? WTH what
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the hell? double newline When the typing party has finished, he/she types
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two newlines to signal that he/she is done; this leaves a blank line
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between 'speeches' in the conversation, making it easier to reread the
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preceding text. YHTBT You Had To Be There. Used of a situation which loses
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significant meaning in the telling, usually because it's difficult to
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convey tone and timing.
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