finger

   [WAITS, via BSD Unix]

   1.  n. A program that displays information about a particular user or
   all  users  logged on the system, or a remote system. Typically shows
   full  name,  last  login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal
   location  (where  applicable). May also display a {plan file} left by
   the user (see also {Hacking X for Y}).

   2. vt. To apply finger to a username.

   3.  vt.  By extension, to check a human's current state by any means.
   "Foodp?" "T!" "OK, finger Lisa and see if she's idle."

   4. Any picture (composed of ASCII characters) depicting `the finger',
   see  {See  figure  1}.  Originally a humorous component of one's plan
   file  to  deter  the  curious  fingerer (sense 2), it has entered the
   arsenal of some {flamer}s.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {binary four}{ENQ}{plan file}]