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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>network address</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="netter.html" title="netter"/><link rel="next" href="network-meltdown.html" title="network meltdown"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">network address</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="netter.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="network-meltdown.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="network-address"/><dt xmlns="" id="network-address"><b>network address</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (also <span class="firstterm">net address</span>) As used by
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hackers, means an address on ‘the’ network (see
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<a href="../T/the-network.html"><i class="glossterm">the network</i></a>; this used to include <a href="../B/bang-path.html"><i class="glossterm">bang path</i></a>
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addresses but now always implies an Internet address). Net addresses are
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often used in email text as a more concise substitute for personal names;
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indeed, hackers may come to know each other quite well by network names
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without ever learning each others' ‘legal’ monikers. Display
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of a network address (e.g. on business cards) used to function as an
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important hacker identification signal, like lodge pins among Masons or
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tie-dyed T-shirts among Grateful Dead fans. In the day of pervasive
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Internet this is less true, but you can still be fairly sure that anyone
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with a network address handwritten on his or her convention badge is a
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hacker.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="netter.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="network-meltdown.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">netter </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> network meltdown</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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