(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 9:38:22
gopher = G = gorets

gopher hole n.

1. Any access to a gopher. 2. [Amateur Packet Radio] The terrestrial analog of a wormhole (sense 2), from which this term was coined. A gopher hole links two amateur packet relays through some non-ham radio medium.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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