sniff v.,n.
1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network. Most often
in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program for doing same.
2.Synonym for poll.
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snivitz /sniv'itz/ n.
A hiccup in hardware or software; a small, transient problem
of unknown origin (less serious than a snark). Compare glitch.
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'Snooze /snooz/ [FidoNet] n.
Fidonews, the weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet.
As the editorial policy of Fidonews is "anything that arrives, we
print", there are often large articles completely unrelated to
FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.