Voice-net

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voice-net
Usage: n.

See Also: paper-net, snail-mail


voice-net: n.

Hackish way of referring to the telephone system, analogizing it to a digital network. Usenet sig blocks not uncommonly include the sender's phone next to a "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; common variants of this are "Voicenet" and "V-Net". Compare paper-net, snail-mail.

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Source: voice-net, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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