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tron |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tron \Tron\, n. See 3d {Trone}, 2. [Obs. or Scott.] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: tron v. [NRL, CMU; prob. fr the movie "Tron"] To become inaccessible except via email or `talk(1)', especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person. Frequently used in the past tense, as in: "Ran seems to have tronned on us this week" or "Gee, Ran, glad you were able to un-tron yourself". One may also speak of `tron mode'; compare {spod}. Note that many dialects of BASIC have a TRON/TROFF command pair that enables/disables line number tracing; this has no obvious relationship to the slang usage. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: TRONA project headed by Dr Ken Sakamura of the {University of Tokyo} and supported by most of the major Japanese computer makers and {NTT}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-15) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: tron ({NRL}, {CMU}, probably from the film "Tron") To become inaccessible except via {electronic mail} or {talk} especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person. Compare {spod}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-03) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: TRON The Realtime Operating system Nucleus
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