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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>boa</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="BNF.html" title="BNF"/><link rel="next" href="board.html" title="board"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">boa</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BNF.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="board.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="boa"/><dt xmlns="" id="boa"><b>boa</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a
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<a href="../D/dinosaur-pen.html"><i class="glossterm">dinosaur pen</i></a>. Possibly so called because they
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display a ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and
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flat after they have been coiled for some time. It is rumored within IBM
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that channel cables for the 370 are limited to 200 feet because beyond that
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length the boas get dangerous — and it is worth noting that one of
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the major cable makers uses the trademark ‘Anaconda’.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BNF.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="board.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">BNF </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> board</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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