May 15, 2003

TOS

vt.

[from the acronym for ‘Terms Of Service’ playing on the verb toss]

1. The act of terminating an Internet access account because the owner breached the terms of service (e.g. by spamming).

2. To successfully complain to the ISP for that reason so that they then close the account.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:26 AM

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