Notes on  ROGUE 

1. [Unix] n. A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using character
graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported to other
Unix systems. The original BSD curses(3) screen-handling package was
hacked together by Ken Arnold primarily to support games, and the
development of rogue(6) popularized its use; it has since become one
of Unix's most important and heavily used application libraries.
Nethack, Omega, Larn, Angband, and an entire subgenre of computer
dungeon games (all known as `roguelikes') all took off from the
inspiration provided by rogue(6); the popular Windows game Diablo,
though graphics-intensive, has very similar play logic. See also
NETHACK, MORIA, ANGBAND.

2. [Usenet] adj. An ISP which permits net abuse (usually in the
form of SPAMming) by its customers, or which itself engages in such
activities. Rogue ISPs are sometimes subject to IDPs or UDPs.
Sometimes deliberately misspelled as "rouge".

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