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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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A 68-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with dysphonia and stridor that rapidly progressed to respiratory distress and necessitated insertion of a nasotracheal tube.
The 'sentinel clot' sign in spontaneous retropharyngeal hematoma ... by Stuckey, Stephen / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Advancement of the nasotracheal tube was documented as difficult despite the use of ephedrine drops, and bleeding was noted from both nares.
Partial middle turbinectomy by nasotracheal intubation by Herman, Rory C.D. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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