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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>net.god</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="net--.html" title="net.-"/><link rel="next" href="net-personality.html" title="net.personality"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">net.god</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="net--.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="net-personality.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="net-god"/><dt xmlns="" id="net-god"><b>net.god</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/net god/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Accolade referring to anyone who satisfies some combination of the
following conditions: has been visible on Usenet for more than 5 years, ran
one of the original backbone sites, moderated an important newsgroup, wrote
news software, or knows Gene, Mark, Rick, Mel, Henry, Chuq, and Greg
personally. See <a href="../D/demigod.html"><i class="glossterm">demigod</i></a>. Net.goddesses such as
Rissa or the Slime Sisters have (so far) been distinguished more by
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