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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>con</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="computron.html" title="computron"/><link rel="next" href="condition-out.html" title="condition out"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">con</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="computron.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="condition-out.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="con_"/><dt xmlns="" id="con_"><b>con</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other
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sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike
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many others imported from SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even by
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hackers who aren't <a href="../F/fan.html"><i class="glossterm">fan</i></a>s. “<span class="quote">We'd been
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corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a
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