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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | FidoNet n. A worldwide hobbyist network of personal computers which exchanges mail, discussion groups, and files. Founded in 1984 and originally consisting only of IBM PCs and compatibles, FidoNet now includes such diverse machines as Apple ][s, Ataris, Amigas, and Unix systems. For years FidoNet actually grew faster than Usenet, but the advent of cheap Internet access probably means its days are numbered. In mid-2001 Fidonet has approximately 15K nodes, down from 38K in 1996 - and most of those areprobably single-user machines rather than the thriving BBSes of yore. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fidonet is an inter-connecting file and message transport system used by BBSss before the explosion of the Internet. It was originally founded in 1984 by Tom Jennings as a means to network the "Fido" BBS software he developed. Later other BBS software that supported the same protocol was added to the net.
The Fidonet is (usually) a dialup based system, where the nodes connect to each other and exchange files according to a set protocol. Since the connections are using the same telephone lines that are used for the normal users of the BBS, the fidonet transfers only happen at special times of the day ("Netmail-Hour", typically 4:00 in the morning).
Today Fidonet supports its own standards for netmail (similar to Internet e-mail), echomail (Usenet-like news) and file transfers. Recent standards describe ways of transferring Fidonet messages and files by TCP/IP so it's possible to run Fidonet over Internet.
Some of Fidonet's echomail conferences are available in the Usenet news hierarchy and there are mail gates for exchanging messages between Internet and Fidonet.
Fidonet is operated by computer amateurs (many of them also hackers and radio amateurs) and is free.
Fidonet is organized in a tree structure, with fully automated software suites as branches and additional end users' software as leaves.
A typical software suite includes a mailer (a program that handles the physical transfer of files and messages between systems), a tosser (which packages messages to be transferred, performs basic routing sometimes acting as a compatibility layer for end user's software) and various other utilities (eg. file-compressor, mail-editor).
An end user's software includes a (message) reader in addition to the list above.
Fidonet usage has dropped a lot, but it is still particularly popular in Russia.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fidonet."
Crosswords: FIDONET |
| Specialty definitions using "FIDONET": dup killer, dup loop ♦ Fight-o-net, File Attach ♦ GIFs at 11 ♦ 'Snooze ♦ SYSOP, system operator ♦ WaZOO. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
de el fidonet rincon | 88 |
fidonet | 56 |
de fidonet rincon | 33 |
fidonet rincon | 6 |
fidonet nodelist | 2 |
fidonet marqueze | 2 |
fidonet relatos | 2 |
del el fidonet rincon | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: foetid, foined. | |
-2 letters: feint, fetid, fiend, fined, noted, often, teind, tined, tondi, toned. | |
-3 letters: defi, deft, deni, dent, diet, dine, dint, dite, doit, done, dote, edit, fend, feod, fido, find, fine, fino, foin, fond, font, info, into, neif, nide, nite, node, nodi, note, tend, tide, tied, tine, toed, tone. | |
-4 letters: den, die, din, dit. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: notified. | |
+2 letters: confident, defection, deflation, defoliant, dentiform, interfold, introfied. | |
+3 letters: confidante, conflicted, defamation, defecation, defections, definition, deflations, deflection, defoliants, defrosting, federation, fieldstone, foredating, fornicated, fountained, fractioned, functioned, interfolds, ironfisted, offprinted, renotified. | |
+4 letters: affectioned, confidantes, confidently, confiscated, countrified, countryfied, defalcation, defamations, defecations, definitions, deflections, defloration, defoliating, defoliation, deforesting, deformation, deification, detoxifying, downshifted, edification, fecundation, federations, fictionized, fieldstones, fluorinated, interfolded, manifestoed, noninfected, noninfested, prenotified, unfortified. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 44 4F 4E 45 54 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -.. --- -. . - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01000100 01001111 01001110 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I D O N E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 0044 004F 004E 0045 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40433849483954 |
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