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4 definitions for lurker From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Lurker \Lurk"er\, n.
1. One who lurks.
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2. A small fishing boat. [Prov. Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
lurker
n : someone waiting in concealment [syn: skulker, lurcher]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
lurker n. One of the `silent majority' in an electronic forum; one who
posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's
postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually
used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking." Often used in `the lurkers',
the hypothetical audience for the group's flamage-emitting regulars.
When a lurker speaks up for the first time, this is called `delurking'.
The creator of the popular science-fiction TV series "Babylon 5" has
ties to SF fandom and the hacker culture. In that series, the use of the
term `lurker' for a homeless or displaced person is a conscious
reference to the jargon term.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
lurker
lurking
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