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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nick</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="newsgroup.html" title="newsgroup"/><link rel="next" href="nickle.html" title="nickle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nick</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="newsgroup.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nickle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nick"/><dt xmlns="" id="nick"><b>nick</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IRC; very common] Short for nickname. On
<a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a>, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes
the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful.
Compare <a href="../H/handle.html"><i class="glossterm">handle</i></a>,
<a href="../S/screen-name.html"><i class="glossterm">screen name</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="newsgroup.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nickle.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">newsgroup </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nickle</td></tr></table></div></body></html>