SneakerNet

SneakerNet definition - hacker
Jargon term for the method of transmitting electronic information by personally carrying it from one place to another on floppy disk or on some other removable medium, such as tapes or memory sticks. The idea is that someone is using his or her shoes (possibly sneakers) rather than the telecommunications network to quickly move data around.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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