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troll
An outrageous message posted to a newsgroup or mailing list or message board to bait people to answer. Trolling is a form of harassment that can take over a discussion. Well meaning defenders can create chaos by responding to trolls. The best response is to ignore it.

Also, the person who posts such messages.


ttfn
Chat shorthand for "ta ta for now". See bfn.

twisted pair
A twisted pair is a pair of insulated wires that twist around each other repeatedly in a spiral pattern along the length of the wires. Twisting them rather than running them side by side reduces electromagnetic interference. Ordinary telephone cable in the house usually consists of two or three twisted pairs, with each wire coded in a different color insulation. Twisted pairs surrounded by a shielding ground layer are known as shielded twisted pair. Twisted pair is often used in ethernet LANs.