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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>TOS</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="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="TOPS-20.html" title="TOPS-20"/><link rel="next" href="tourist.html" title="tourist"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">TOS</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="TOPS-20.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tourist.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="TOS"/><dt xmlns="" id="TOS"><b>TOS</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the acronym for &#8216;Terms Of Service&#8217; playing on the
verb &#8220;<span class="quote">toss</span>&#8221;] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. The act of terminating an Internet access account because the
owner breached the terms of service (e.g. by spamming). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To successfully complain to the ISP for that reason so that they
then close the account.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="TOPS-20.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tourist.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">TOPS-20 </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> tourist</td></tr></table></div></body></html>