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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>net.-</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="nerd-knob.html" title="nerd knob"/><link rel="next" href="net-god.html" title="net.god"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">net.-</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nerd-knob.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="net-god.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="net--"/><dt xmlns="" id="net--"><b>net.-</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/net dot/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pref.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to
Usenet. From the time before the <a href="../G/Great-Renaming.html"><i class="glossterm">Great Renaming</i></a>,
when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning &#8220;<span class="quote">net.</span>&#8221;.
Includes <a href="net-god.html"><i class="glossterm">net.god</i></a>s, <span class="firstterm">net.goddesses</span> (various charismatic net.women
with circles of on-line admirers), <span class="firstterm">net.lurkers</span> (see
<a href="../L/lurker.html"><i class="glossterm">lurker</i></a>), <span class="firstterm">net.person</span>, <span class="firstterm">net.parties</span> (a synonym for
<a href="../B/boink.html"><i class="glossterm">boink</i></a>, sense 2), and many similar constructs. See
also <a href="net-police.html"><i class="glossterm">net.police</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nerd-knob.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="net-god.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">nerd knob </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> net.god</td></tr></table></div></body></html>