white plague

n 1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

[syn: {pulmonary tuberculosis}, {consumption}, {phthisis},

{wasting disease}]

2: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) [syn: {drug

addiction}]

White pages

A directory service for locating individuals by name (by

analogy with the telephone directory). The {Internet}

supports several {database}s that contain basic information

about users, such as {electronic mail} addresses, telephone

numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched

to get information about particular individuals. See

{Knowbot}, {Netfind}, {whois}, {X.500}, {finger}.