K-line

Pronunciation

• enPR: kāʹlÄ«n', IPA: /ˈkeɪˌlaɪn/

Origin

Short for kill line, and refers to the line in an IRC daemon's configuration file, prefixed with a k, that records a user's hostname to prevent further access to the server

Alternative forms

• K-line, K-Line
• kline, Kline, KLine
• , ,

Full definition of k-line

Noun

1. (IRC) The line in an IRCd configuration file that records the hostname of a banned user

Synonyms

• kill line

Verb

1. (transitive, IRC) To ban a user from a server

Anagrams

• liken