war-chalking

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war-chalking - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  war-chalking
  
  
     [play on war-driving; the first syllable has since been
     reinterpreted as an acronym for "wireless access revolution"] The
     practice of using chalk marks similar to hobo signs to indicate the
     nearby presence of a wireless Internet access point, a boon to
     strolling hackers with laptops. The concept was first floated in
  early
     2002 and was instantly seized upon with cries of glee by hackers all
     over the portions of the world urbanized enough to have sidewalks and
     access points. The process rather recalls the explosive spread of
     heraldry in the medieval Europe of the 1120s. There is a site that
     explains the symbology;.