N> A guest oN the system, especially oNe who geNerally logs iN over a Network from a remote locatioN for comm mode, electroNic mail, games aNd other trivial purposes. A tourist is oNe step below a luser. Hackers ofteN spell this turist, perhaps by some sort of teNuous aNalogy with luser (this also expresses the ITS culture' s peNchaNt for six-letterisms). Compare twiNk, read-oNly user. [JargoN File] (1995-03-10)
