Sneaker net

Sneaker net
(jocular) office data transferral system in which computer files are copied onto a floppy disc and then taken to other computers on foot (punning on computer networking terms such as 'telnet', 'ethernet', etc.)

Dictionary of Australian slang . 2013.

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