e/SlashNET

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has gloss	eng: SlashNET is a medium-sized, independently-operated Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network. Originally sponsored by Slashdot, in 1999 SlashNET split off to become its own entity. Several well-known communities and projects maintain an IRC presence at SlashNET, including #kuro5hin.org (kuro5hin.org), #slashdot (now only vaguely related to the website of the same name), #mefi (MetaFilter), #slash (Slashcode), #smokedot (smokedot.org), #sourceforge (SourceForge), #tdwtf (The Daily WTF), #lnx-bbc (lnx-bbc), #paforums (Penny Arcade), #joyoftech (The Joy of Tech), #g7 (the IRC idle RPG), #totse (Totse), #idiots-club (ZZT Community), and #summer-discuss, the official Google Summer of Code channel for 2006 and 2007.
lexicalization	eng: Slashnet
instance of	c/Internet Relay Chat networks