Channel hopping

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channel hopping
Usage: n.
Etymology: IRC
Derivation: Common; IRC, GEnie


channel hopping: n.

[common; IRC, GEnie] To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board, just as a social butterfly might hop from one group to another at a party. This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, channel surfing.

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Source: channel hopping, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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