Tron - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Tron : \Tron\, n. See 3d Trone, 2. [Obs. or Scott.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Tron :

1. The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus.

2. (TRace ON) A command used when debugging programs written in early line-numbered BASIC that contained GOTO and GOSUB statements.

When the TRON command had been executed, the program ran with a window open indicating the line number being executed at that instant.

The TROFF (an abbreviation for "TRace OFF") command turned the tracing off.

(2003-02-02)

Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Tron :

({NRL, CMU, probably from the film "Tron") To become inaccessible except via electronic mail or talk especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person.

Compare spod.

[{Jargon File]

(1994-11-03)

Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Tron : The Realtime Operating system Nucleus

Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:

Tron : v. [NRL, CMU; prob. fr. the movie "Tron"] To become inaccessible except via email or `talk(1)', especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person. Frequently used in the past tense, as in: "Ran seems to have tronned on us this week" or "Gee, Ran, glad you were able to un-tron yourself". One may also speak of `tron mode'; compare spod.

Note that many dialects of BASIC have a TRON/TROFF command pair that enables/disables line number tracing; this has no obvious relationship to the slang usage.

Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]: