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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hop</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="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hook.html" title="hook"/><link rel="next" href="horked.html" title="horked"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hop</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hook.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="horked.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hop"/><dt xmlns="" id="hop"><b>hop</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> [common] One file
transmission in a series required to get a file from point A to point B on
a store-and-forward network. On such networks (including
the old UUCP network and and <a href="../F/FidoNet.html"><i class="glossterm">FidoNet</i></a>), an
important inter-machine metric is the number of hops in the shortest path
between them, which can be more significant than their geographical
separation. See <a href="../B/bang-path.html"><i class="glossterm">bang path</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">v.</span> [rare] To log in to a
remote machine, esp. via rlogin or telnet. &#8220;<span class="quote">I'll hop over to foovax
to FTP that.</span>&#8221; </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hook.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="horked.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hook </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> horked</td></tr></table></div></body></html>