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		pl.



		plural



		poss.



		possibly



		pref.



		prefix



		prob.



		probably



		prov.



		proverbial



		quant.



		quantifier



		suff.



		suffix



		syn.



		synonym (or synonymous with)



		v.



		verb (may be transitive or intransitive)



		var.



		variant



		vi.



		intransitive verb



		vt.



		transitive verb



		Where alternate spellings or pronunciations are given, alt. separates two possibilities with nearly equal distribution, while var. prefixes one that is markedly less common than the primary.



		Where a term can be attributed to a particular subculture or is known to have originated there, we have tried to so indicate. Here is a list of abbreviations used in etymologies:



		Amateur Packet Radio



		A technical culture of ham-radio sites using AX.25 and TCP/IP for wide-area networking and BBS systems.



		Berkeley



		University of California at Berkeley



		BBN



		Bolt, Beranek & Newman



		Cambridge



		the university in England (not the city in Massachusetts where MIT happens to be located!)



		CMU



		Carnegie-Mellon University



		Commodore



		Commodore Business Machines



		DEC



		The Digital Equipment Corporation



		Fairchild



		The Fairchild Instruments Palo Alto development group



		FidoNet



		See the FidoNet entry



		IBM



		International Business Machines

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