meaning of go back n

1. Go Back N A data link layer protocol. gobble 1. To consume, usually used with "up". "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer. " 2. To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess Ill gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow. " See also snarf. [Jargon File] Godwins Law humour> "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. " There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwins Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwins Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful. [Jargon].

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