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wormhole
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/wermhohl/ , n. [from the wormhole singularities hypothesized in some
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versions of General Relativity theory] 1. [n.,obs.] A location in a monitor
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which contains the address of a routine, with the specific intent of making
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it easy to substitute a different routine. This term is now obsolescent;
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modern operating systems use clusters of wormholes extensively (for
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modularization of I/O handling in particular, as in the Unix device-driver
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organization) but the preferred techspeak for these clusters is device
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tables , jump tables or capability tables. 2. [Amateur Packet Radio] A
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network path using a commercial satellite link to join two or more amateur
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VHF networks. So called because traffic routed through a wormhole leaves and
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re-enters the amateur network over great distances with usually little clue
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in the message routing header as to how it got from one relay to the other.
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Compare gopher hole (sense 2).
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