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/tyüb/

1. n. A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie (see appendix B).

2. [IBM] To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal.

"Tube me that note?"