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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>war-chalking</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="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="war-driving.html" title="war-driving"/><link rel="next" href="suffix-ware.html" title="-ware"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">war-chalking</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="war-driving.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="suffix-ware.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="war-chalking"/><dt xmlns="" id="war-chalking"><b>war-chalking</b></dt></dt><dd><p>[play on <a href="war-driving.html"><i class="glossterm">war-driving</i></a>; the first syllable has
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since been reinterpreted as an acronym for “<span class="quote">wireless access
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revolution</span>”] The practice of using chalk marks similar to hobo signs
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to indicate the nearby presence of a wireless Internet access point, a boon
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to strolling hackers with laptops. The concept was first floated in early
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2002 and was instantly seized upon with cries of glee by hackers all over
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the portions of the world urbanized enough to have sidewalks and access
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points. The process rather recalls the explosive spread of heraldry in the
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medieval Europe of the 1120s. There is a site that <a href="http://www.warchalking.org/" target="_top">explains the symbology</a>;.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="war-driving.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="suffix-ware.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">war-driving </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> -ware</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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