May 15, 2003

netburp

n.

[IRC] When netlag gets really bad, and delays between servers exceed a certain threshold, the IRC network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance of this is called a netburp (or, sometimes, netsplit).

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:37 AM

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