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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
bang path
1. An old-style UUCP electronic-mail
address naming a sequence of hosts through which a message
must pass to get from some assumed-reachable location to the
addressee (a "{source route"). So called because each hop
is signified by a bang sign (exclamation mark). Thus, for
example, the path
...!bigsite!foovax!barbox!me
directs people to route their mail to computer bigsite
(presumably a well-known location accessible to everybody) and
from there through the computer foovax to the account of user
me on barbox.
Before autorouting mailers became commonplace, people often
published compound bang addresses using the { convention
(see glob) to give paths from *several* big computers, in
the hope that one's correspondent might be able to get mail to
one of them reliably. e.g.
...!{seismo, ut-sally, ihnp4!rice!beta!gamma!me
Bang paths of 8 to 10 hops were not uncommon in 1981.
Late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long
transmission times. Bang paths were often selected by both
transmission time and reliability, as messages would often get
lost.
2. A shebang.
(1998-05-06)
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
bang path n. [now historical] An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address
specifying hops to get from some assumed-reachable location to the
addressee, so called because each hop is signified by a bang sign.
Thus, for example, the path ...!bigsite!foovax!barbox!me directs people
to route their mail to machine bigsite (presumably a well-known location
accessible to everybody) and from there through the machine foovax to
the account of user me on barbox.
In the bad old days of not so long ago, before autorouting mailers
became commonplace, people often published compound bang addresses using
the { convention (see glob) to give paths from _several_ big
machines, in the hopes that one's correspondent might be able to get
mail to one of them reliably (example: ...!{seismo, ut-sally,
ihnp4!rice!beta!gamma!me). Bang paths of 8 to 10 hops were not uncommon
in 1981. Late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long
transmission times. Bang paths were often selected by both transmission
time and reliability, as messages would often get lost. See {Internet
address}, the network, and sitename.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bang path
n.
(lb en computing) An early form of e-mail address with the components
separated by exclamation marks, naming the sequence of networked
computers that the mail should be routed through.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
bang path
n.
(lb en computing) An early form of e-mail address with the components
separated by exclamation marks, naming the sequence of networked
computers that the mail should be routed through.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
bang path
n.
(lb en computing) An early form of e-mail address with the components
separated by exclamation marks, naming the sequence of networked
computers that the mail should be routed through.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
bang path
n.
(lb en computing) An early form of e-mail address with the components
separated by exclamation marks, naming the sequence of networked
computers that the mail should be routed through.
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
bang path /bˈaŋ pˈaθ/
staza za usmjeravanje elektronske pošte
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