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  • noun Internet The rule of netiquette stating that the text of a Usenet signature, or sig, should be less than 80 columns wide and no longer than four lines.

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After George F. McQuary, a frequent contributor to the newsgroup alt.fan.warlord where flamboyant signatures were criticised.

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