tube
1. A {CRT} terminal. Never used in the mainstream
sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony
Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, and the
occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.
2. {electron tube}.
3. (IBM) To send a copy of something to someone
else's terminal. "Tube me that note."
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-02-05)