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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>jack in</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="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="J--Random-Hacker.html" title="J. Random Hacker"/><link rel="next" href="jaggies.html" title="jaggies"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">jack in</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jaggies.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="jack-in"/><dt xmlns="" id="jack-in"><b>jack in</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To log on to a machine or connect to a network or
<a href="../B/BBS.html"><i class="glossterm">BBS</i></a>, esp. for purposes of entering a
<a href="../V/virtual-reality.html"><i class="glossterm">virtual reality</i></a> simulation such as a
<a href="../M/MUD.html"><i class="glossterm">MUD</i></a> or <a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a> (leaving is
&#8220;<span class="quote">jacking out</span>&#8221;). This term derives from
<a href="../C/cyberpunk.html"><i class="glossterm">cyberpunk</i></a> SF, in which it was used for the act of
plugging an electrode set into neural sockets in order to interface the
brain directly to a virtual reality. It is primarily used by MUD and IRC
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