May 15, 2003

pipe

n.

[common] Idiomatically, one's connection to the Internet; in context, the expansion bit pipe is understood. A fat pipe is a line with T1 or higher capacity. A person with a 28.8 modem might be heard to complain I need a bigger pipe.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:34 AM

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