missile address ==>
ICBM address
<networking, humour> (Or "missile address") The form used to register a
site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and
latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for
generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it
has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile
address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real
missile address would include target altitude.)
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-15)
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