Voicenet

2 definitions found

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

  voice-net n. Hackish way of referring to the telephone system,
     analogizing it to a digital network. Usenet {sig block}s not uncommonly
     include the sender's phone next to a "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header;
     common variants of this are "Voicenet" and "V-Net". Compare {paper-net},
     {snail-mail}.
  


  

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

  voice-net
       
          Hackish way of referring to the {plain old telephone system},
          comparing it to a digital {network}.  {Usenet} {sig block}s
          sometimes include the sender's telephone number next to a
          "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; variants of this are
          "Voicenet" and "V-Net".
       
          Compare {paper-net}, {snail-mail}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-02-16)