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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ICBM 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="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="IBM.html" title="IBM"/><link rel="next" href="ice.html" title="ice"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ICBM address</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IBM.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ice.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ICBM-address"/><dt xmlns="" id="ICBM-address"><b>ICBM address</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (Also <span class="firstterm">missile address</span>) The
form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project, back before
the day of pervasive Internet, included a blank for longitude and latitude,
preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This was actually used for
generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter;
however, it became traditional to refer to this as one's <span class="firstterm">ICBM address</span> or <span class="firstterm">missile address</span>, and some people include it in
their <a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a> with that name. (A real missile
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