[Internet and Usenet; often written `.sig' there] Short for
`signature', used specifically to refer to the electronic signature
block that most Unix mail- and news-posting software will
{automagically} append to outgoing mail and news. The composition of
one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo, one's
choice of witty sayings (see {sig quote}, {fool file}), or even
source code for small programs about which the author wishes to make
a statement; but many consider large sigs a waste of {bandwidth}, and
it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually
inversely proportional to one's longevity and level of prestige on
the net. See also {doubled sig}, {McQuary limit}.
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