1. < hardware > A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.
2. electron tube .
3. (IBM) To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal. "Tube me that note."
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(1996-02-05)