wahoo

n 1: upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the

eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

[syn: {strawberry bush}, {Euonymus americanus}]

2: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet

seeds [syn: {burning bush}, {Euonymus atropurpureus}]

3: large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found

worldwide [syn: {Acanthocybium solandri}]

WaZOO

Warp-zillion Opus-to-Opus. {Fidonet}'s

{session layer} {protocol}. Although it mentions {Opus} (a

specific {BBS} from the 1980s), WaZOO is the session protocol

used for the Fidonet network. Because WaZOO is much more

efficient than other mechanisms (e.g., {FTP}), it is sometimes

used for automated or batch communications in other parts of

the {Internet}.

{(ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/fidonet/stds/fts-0006.txt)}

(1995-11-16)