<jargon> A guest on the system, especially one who generally
logs in over a network from a remote location for comm mode,
electronic mail, games and other trivial purposes. A
tourist is one step below a luser.
Hackers often spell this turist, perhaps by some sort of
tenuous analogy with luser (this also expresses the ITS
culture's penchant for six-letterisms).
Compare twink, read-only user.
[Jargon File]
(1995-03-10)
Nearby terms:
toto « touchpad « touch screen « tourist » tourist information » Towers of Hanoi » Tower Technology Corporation
