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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  surfing 
  n  :  the  sport  of  riding  a  surfboard  toward  the  shore  on  the 
  crest  of  a  wave  [syn:  {surfboarding},  {surfriding}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  surfing 
 
  ("Internet  surfing")  Used  by  analogy  to  describe  the  ease  with 
  which  an  expert  user  can  use  the  waves  of  information  flowing 
  around  the  {Internet}  to  get  where  he  wants  The  term  became 
  popular  in  the  early  1990s  as  access  to  the  {Internet}  became 
  more  widespread  and  tools  such  as  {World-Wide  Web}  {browser}s 
  made  its  use  simpler  and  more  pleasant. 
 
  (1995-01-05) 
 
 




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