tuber

n 1: a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive

and food storage

2: type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies

are typically truffles [syn: {Tuber}, {genus Tuber}]

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)