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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>EOU</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="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="EOL.html" title="EOL"/><link rel="next" href="epoch.html" title="epoch"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">EOU</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="EOL.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="epoch.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="EOU"/><dt xmlns="" id="EOU"><b>EOU</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/E·O·U/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The mnemonic of a mythical ASCII control character (End Of User)
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that would make an ASR-33 Teletype explode on receipt. This construction
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parodies the numerous obscure delimiter and control characters left in
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ASCII from the days when it was associated more with wire-service teletypes
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than computers (e.g., FS, GS, RS, US, EM, SUB, ETX, and esp. EOT). It is
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worth remembering that ASR-33s were big, noisy mechanical beasts with a lot
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of clattering parts; the notion that one might explode was nowhere near as
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ridiculous as it might seem to someone sitting in front of a
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<a href="../T/tube.html"><i class="glossterm">tube</i></a> or flatscreen today.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="EOL.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="epoch.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">EOL </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> epoch</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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