Scrool

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  scrool /skrool/ n. [from the pioneering Roundtable chat system in
     Houston ca. 1984; prob. originated as a typo for `scroll'] The log of
     old messages, available for later perusal or to help one get back in
     synch with the conversation. It was originally called the `scrool
     monster', because an early version of the roundtable software had a bug
     where it would dump all 8K of scrool on a user's terminal.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  scrool
       
          /skrool/ [The pioneering Roundtable chat system in Houston
          ca. 1984; probably originated as a typo for "scroll"] The log
          of old messages, available for later perusal or to help one
          get back in synch with the conversation.  It was originally
          called the "scrool monster", because an early version of the
          roundtable software had a bug where it would dump all 8K of
          scrool on a user's terminal.
       
          [{Jargon File}]