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surfing |
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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