channel hopping

(idea) by Jargon (2.2 y) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 5:41:04
channel = C = channel op

channel hopping n.

[common; IRC, GEnie] To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board, just as a social butterfly might hop from one group to another at a party. This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, `channel surfing'.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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(idea) by BoBzrKr (3.7 y) Tue Dec 23 2003 at 22:05:13
In reference to wardriving it means to rapidly switch between channels in the hopes of finding an 802.11b, or some other wireless network.
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