meaning of whnf
1. WHNF weak head normal form whois An Internet directory service for looking up names of people on a remote server. Many servers respond to TCP queries on port 43, in a manner roughly analogous to the DDN NIC whois service described in RFC 954. Other sites provide this directory service via the finger protocol or accept queries by electronic mail for directory information. On Unix the client command is whois -h server_name person_name You can also type "telnet server_name 43" and then type the persons name on a separate line. For a list of whois servers, FTP/Gopher: sipb. mit. edu. Or whois -h sipb. mit. edu whois-servers As the above command demonstrates, whois can find information about things other than users, e. g. domains, networks and hosts. See also finger, X. 500, white pages. Whopper WarGames WHQL Windows Hardware Quality Labs WIBNI Bell Labs Wouldnt It Be Nice If. What most requirements documents and specifications consist entirely of. Compare IWBNI. [Jargon File]
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