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:node: /n./  1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network.
   2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS.  Thus an MS-DOS {sysop}
   might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single
   machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.