English Dictionary: PPN | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for PPN | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
PPN /P-P-N/, /pip'n/ n. obs. [from `Project-Programmer Number'] A user-ID under {{TOPS-10}} and its various mutant progeny at SAIL, BBN, CompuServe, and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the PDP-10 era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PPN Project-Programmer Number. A user-ID under {TOPS-10} and its various mutant progeny at {SAIL}, {BBN}, {CompuServe} and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the {PDP-10} era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-18) |