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tube, in electronics: see electron tube electron tube, device consisting of a sealed enclosure in which electrons flow between electrodes separated either by a vacuum (in a vacuum tube) or by an ionized gas at low pressure (in a gas tube).
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See CRT and vacuum tube.

1.(hardware)tube - A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.
2.(electronics)tube - electron tube.
3.(jargon)tube - (IBM) To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal. "Tube me that note."
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