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camioneta n.— «Van services like this—known as camionetas, after the Spanish word for van—are part of a loose-knit network of cottage industries profiting from immigrant smuggling. As far back as the 1980s, camionetas traveled weekly...
multi-plat-fornication n.— «Mr. Toffler has a plan in motion to upgrade the network for the age of digital convergence, a strategy he has been known to refer to as “multi-plat-fornication”: an all-out effort to deliver MTV...
NFL city footprint n.— «Las Vegas-based CommPartners intends to cover 95 percent of domestic U.S. local calling areas with its IP/PSTN CLEC network by year’s end. It already has more than 20 state certifications and available city numbers...
Skypecaster n.— «“Skypecasters,” as they call themselves, use Skype’s peer-to-peer telephone network to distribute recordings over the Internet directly to each other for free.» —“VoIP calls get podcast treatment” by...
BUT n.— «In 2005, companies will take a more comprehensive business approach to security, making it the year of the “BUT.” BUT is a typical tech-industry, three-letter acronym that stands for Back, Up and Together...
curry n.— «Couriers like Kevin are the grunts of the system, but without the “curries” transferring and duplicating files, the massive distribution network would break down.» —“The Shadow Internet” by Jeff...